UALFAson From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 590 posts, RR: 4 Posted (8 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1586 times:
Sorry if this was already posted but I didn't see anything.
As part of its plan to eliminate direct service to 37 cities from PIT by Nov. 4, the following destinations will be dropped:
Houston, TX
Kansas City, MO
Charleston, SC
Myrtle Beach, SC
They join previously announced:
Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Memphis, TN
Toledo, OH
Ft. Wayne, IN
South Bend, IN
Evansville, IN
Reading, PA
Beckley, WV
Bluefield, WV
Huntington, WV
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette also speculates that future cuts could include Frankfurt, London Gatwick, destinations in Canada, and smaller cities in PA, NY, and VA.
*Sigh* While I wish US all the best--honestly--I can't help but feel this is the latest hemmorage as the carrier bleeds a slow and painful death. Maybe I'm being overly dramatic, but it reminds me of a factory or any company where they're laying off people and they post a new list of names every few days, and everyone who makes it that round just waits and worries until the time their name finally is listed.
Jc2354 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 542 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (8 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1558 times:
Not to change the subject, but, does anyone know of an airline that actually "shrank" their way to profitability?
A330323X From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 3039 posts, RR: 47 Reply 2, posted (8 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1552 times:
Not to change the subject, but, does anyone know of an airline that actually "shrank" their way to profitability?
Plenty of airlines have cut unprofitable hubs. See HP at CMH. Or for an even better example, see AA at RDU, where they maintain a healthy focus city, as US plans to do at PIT. Or see how AA shrunk the STL hub.
And contrary to popular belief, US isn't shrinking. System ASMs grew 6.2% in the 2nd quarter. PIT is losing capacity, but it's being replaced and then some elsewhere in the system.
[Edited 2004-08-12 09:24:21]
I'm the expert on here on two things, neither of which I care about much anymore.
Ord From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 1370 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (8 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1403 times:
"Not to change the subject, but, does anyone know of an airline that actually "shrank" their way to profitability?"
In the late 1980s Continental had a big hub in Denver, a smaller one at Washington Dulles, and was the largest carrier at many mid-size airports such as New Orleans. They went into a financial tailspin but turned it around in the mid-1990s, partly through a smaller operation.
MasseyBrown From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 4752 posts, RR: 7 Reply 4, posted (8 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 1296 times:
The slick slogan that no airline ever shrank to profitability is a canard. Probably every airline in business for more than 10 years has done it at one time or other.
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