UA cutting 50 daily flights from EWR during summer 2022
Jun 24, 2022, 4:47 pm
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EDIT: now I’ve checked the schedule, and indeed looks like this is where some - maybe a lot of - the cuts are. Looking at June 30, there are 9 EWR-YYZ flights for sale (all E75) - July 1st, there are just 3, though only available in F now - presumably this is due to having to move everyone to 1/3 of the capacity left. I checked random other days - I see one day with a 4th flight, and then the week after Labor Day, back to 9. So that’s like 10% of cuts right there (and also, not technically domestic, so there’s that too).
Jun 24, 2022, 4:49 pm
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Jun 24, 2022, 5:27 pm
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YYZ-EWR from 2 July onwards
On 2 July 2 morning flights.& 1 evening flight 7:10PM. All late morning flights and afternoon flights gone.
On 2 July yesterday 6:30AM flight had only D Class 3 seats. This morning W& Z.
AC upgrade their equipment to 737 Max 2 July 4:10PM. YYZ-EWR.
And 3 July onwards AC A220-300 4:10PM flight YYZ-EWR
3 July 2 morning & 1 afternoon only.
5 July 1 flight only. 4:10PM .
6 July only 2 early morning flights.
I did not check other days in July. Judging from above sample YYZ-EWR more than 10% reduction in July. 50% & some days 90% in July
On 2 July 2 morning flights.& 1 evening flight 7:10PM. All late morning flights and afternoon flights gone.
On 2 July yesterday 6:30AM flight had only D Class 3 seats. This morning W& Z.
AC upgrade their equipment to 737 Max 2 July 4:10PM. YYZ-EWR.
And 3 July onwards AC A220-300 4:10PM flight YYZ-EWR
3 July 2 morning & 1 afternoon only.
5 July 1 flight only. 4:10PM .
6 July only 2 early morning flights.
I did not check other days in July. Judging from above sample YYZ-EWR more than 10% reduction in July. 50% & some days 90% in July
Jun 25, 2022, 9:44 am
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Jun 25, 2022, 1:05 pm
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that's because they stupidly cut PHL-IAD when they started up the PHL-EWR, so if that route was cut, you would get a "sorry you can't get there from here" error message when trying to book a lot of flights out of PHL. I see there are still BOS-IAD flights.
Jun 25, 2022, 1:47 pm
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Now, I wish United would bring back its relationship with Amtrak and convince them to stop a couple Acelas right at EWR station. As it stands, regional Amtrak trains stop there, but the Acela only stops at Newark (city). And I don't think you can book a United ticket with an Amtrak segment from DC. I would strongly consider booking a UA ticket from Union Station to EWR to a long-haul destination if the first leg were Acela.
living near new haven, i’d utilize UA/EWR much more if amtrak had more frequencies to EWR. the way it is now, the earliest flight i could make (via a one-seat train trip from NHV) is an 11:30am. because i primarily fly transcons, that’s a non-starter. UA also stopped flying BDL-EWR pre-covid.
i live closer to NYC than BOS, but i end up flying out of BOS much more than NYC just because of amtrak’s schedule.
Jun 25, 2022, 2:16 pm
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Agree. What I've heard is Amtrak has greater than 50% of the air/rail market between DC and NYC.
Sep 1, 2022, 2:56 pm
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Curious if anyone has heard about any more reductions of EWR schedules?
I am looking for some flights Mid-September and seems CVG<->EWR is down to 2 flights a day. Used to be ~4 pretty consistently.
I am looking for some flights Mid-September and seems CVG<->EWR is down to 2 flights a day. Used to be ~4 pretty consistently.
Sep 1, 2022, 3:44 pm
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But I think that UA should cut down the unnecessary 10+ (18 for today) frequencies of EWR-DCA-EWR (all on CR550) to save the slots at EWR. I checked the seat maps on this Monday, it was half empty for most of the flights.
Sep 1, 2022, 3:51 pm
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David
Sep 1, 2022, 4:51 pm
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AA, on the other hand, normally being flown on the baby bus (A319) with a lot more seats but less seats up front, tough upgrade to score.