Ord747cle From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 239 posts, RR: 0 Posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2136 times:
United offers long haul from JFK-LHR and JFK/SEA-NRT ... all of which are non-hub airports. With United in Chapter 7 these days, how have the loads on these flights been. Do you think JFK/SEA will go down the way Miami did with UA's long haul routes? Will long haul's from these airports go away with the reorganization plans??
On the contrary, do you know of any plans to INCREASE service from these airports?
Clickhappy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 9444 posts, RR: 72 Reply 1, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2118 times:
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FYI, its Chapter 11, not Chapter 7, which is liquidation.
Kkfla737 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 1033 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 2098 times:
UA somehow survives on the JFK-LHR route despite being less visible in the market and providing less capacity than both AA and BA. I'm not sure as to VS's capacity but they are better thought of by most than UA is on that route as well.
ContinentalEWR From United States of America, joined May 2000, 3762 posts, RR: 15 Reply 3, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2000 times:
United's presence at JFK has never been very large, but it was more extensive in years past with nonstop service to NRT, LHR, SEA, LAX, SFO, EZE, GRU, IAD, BOS, and weekend service to SJU, and a briefly lived non stop flight from JFK to HKG in April-August 2001.
United today operates nonstop flights to LAX and SFO and these flights are being switched from Boeing 767-200's and the occasional 767-300 to 757 aircraft configured for "PS" or Premium Service.
United operates two daily nonstop flights to London/Heathrow with one a 777 and the other a 767-300. That's down from three daily (there used to be a daylight flight with a 767-300) and an EWR-LHR flight that was axed a year ago. These routes generally perform quite well mostly due to a loyal business following (a number of major NY and London corporations use UA as their preferred carrier). Also, UA discounts this route heavily and often has slightly lower fares than BA, VS, and AA which dominate the market.
NRT service continues, daily with a 777. HKG was dropped after just six months. It started with a 747-400 and was downgraded to a 777 before being dropped just before 9/11/01.
EZE and GRU were each served daily, with 767-300's (EZE was a 777 for a very short time) but the routes were transferred to IAD, where UA has a much bigger presence and better feed, and therefore less dependency on O&D traffic.
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