staralliance85 From United States of America, joined Jul 2011, 171 posts, RR: 0 Posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 5038 times:
UA/CO has been adding popular routes from EWR to places like EZE and IST. The NYC area has such a big Korean population that I am shocked that CO did Not add ICN years ago. ICN is a *A hub of OZ and offers UA customers extensive connections all through Asia. That is in addition to *A hubs like NRT and PEK. DO you think it is inevitable that UA will add EWR-ICN?
mogandoCI From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 4962 times:
Quoting staralliance85 (Thread starter):
UA/CO has been adding popular routes from EWR to places like EZE and IST. The NYC area has such a big Korean population that I am shocked that CO did Not add ICN years ago. ICN is a *A hub of OZ and offers UA customers extensive connections all through Asia. That is in addition to *A hubs like NRT and PEK. DO you think it is inevitable that UA will add EWR-ICN?
I can envision 789 doing EWR-ICN then another 788 doing ORD-ICN. The current tag of NRT-ICN can be chopped once the 3 nonstops are in place, unless the flight breaks even itself.
STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16261 posts, RR: 52 Reply 2, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 4941 times:
It's long been rumored, KE had their own EWR flight up until 9/11. Huge Korean population in New Jersey, especially near Palisades Park.
United787 From United States of America, joined May 2005, 2346 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 4886 times:
I actually wonder if this route might be first...less O&D but I am guessing more connection opportunities on the ORD end...of course OZ already does that route...
mogandoCI From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 4817 times:
Quoting United787 (Reply 3): I actually wonder if this route might be first...less O&D but I am guessing more connection opportunities on the ORD end...of course OZ already does that route...
OZ already does both ORD and NYC, but that shouldn't prevent UA from doing it themselves too.
Tdan From United States of America, joined Nov 2011, 306 posts, RR: 3 Reply 5, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 4752 times:
EWR-ICN needs to happen very soon. Issue with the OZ connection is that the hub is directional and not conducive to beyond connectivity, whereas KE has much more of a true hub. That being said, the route would work on O&D alone from the NJ side of the Hudson
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TOMMY767 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 6173 posts, RR: 9 Reply 6, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 4595 times:
I don't see it as soon as say IAH-SCL but it could happen down the road.
I think the first step is just for them to do a same plane thru flight: EWR-SFO-ICN on a 777.
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tsnamm From United States of America, joined May 2005, 602 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 4193 times:
I have been thinking about this one for some time...SEL is a top 10 destination from NYC; and has no US carrier from there. This would definitely be a great 787 destination, although I believe it could handle a 777...should have great cargo potential as well...here's hoping they do it soon....
Quoting TOMMY767 (Reply 6): I don't see it as soon as say IAH-SCL but it could happen down the road.
SCL is the 1 hole in SA)">CO/UA's deep SA network, since they pulled out a while ago from EWR. This would be doable right now with the 767-200, a good long thin route for this a/c. Perhaps they could start it with the 762 and switch to the 787 when sufficient numbers come on line, as they unload the 762 fleet.
mogandoCI From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 4163 times:
Quoting TOMMY767 (Reply 6):
I don't see it as soon as say IAH-SCL but it could happen down the road.
I think the first step is just for them to do a same plane thru flight: EWR-SFO-ICN on a 777.
Only if UA figures how to deal with the terminals at SFO.
At that airport, most (if not all) UA domestic flights arrive at T3 while i believe all long-haul international flights for UA depart out of Concourse G of the International Terminal (it's not the same setup as ORD where internationals depart next to domestics). So even if they offer same plane service, they would disembark you at T3, ask you to walk to Concourse G, then tow the plane over, and do the whole thing again =)
For now, EWR-NRT-ICN is the most seamless transfer.
SonomaFlyer From United States of America, joined Apr 2010, 1177 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 3628 times:
Quoting mogandoCI (Reply 8): At that airport, most (if not all) UA domestic flights arrive at T3 while i believe all long-haul international flights for UA depart out of Concourse G of the International Terminal (it's not the same setup as ORD where internationals depart next to domestics). So even if they offer same plane service, they would disembark you at T3, ask you to walk to Concourse G, then tow the plane over, and do the whole thing again =)
Moving from the domestic to international terminal for passengers is no biggie at SFO. As far as one plane service, who says the incoming flight can't park at the International Terminal? As long as there is gate space, it can happen. Remember that Virgin America flew out of the international terminal while renovations to the domestic terminals was under way.
fxramper From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 7027 posts, RR: 93 Reply 11, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 3618 times:
This would be a great addition to EWR and help me get to work a lot easier.
CO787EWR From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 222 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 3593 times:
Quoting tsnamm (Reply 7): SCL is the 1 hole in SA)">CO/UA's deep SA network, since they pulled out a while ago from EWR. This would be doable right now with the 767-200, a good long thin route for this a/c. Perhaps they could start it with the 762 and switch to the 787 when sufficient numbers come on line, as they unload the 762 fleet.
Aren't the 762's really hard to make money with... they have a lot of seats up front that you would need to fill.
av8r915 From United States of America, joined May 2007, 32 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 3551 times:
Quoting tsnamm (Reply 7): This would be doable right now with the 767-200, a good long thin route for this a/c. Perhaps they could start it with the 762 and switch to the 787 when sufficient numbers come on line, as they unload the 762 fleet.
CO 762s don't have bunk beds for the flight crew. A 4th pilot & crew rest is required on flights scheduled over 12 hours.
CODC10 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 2167 posts, RR: 8 Reply 14, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 3459 times:
The 762 does not have enough seats to generate the revenue to make such a long flight profitable, nor is its business class product acceptable for a flight to Asia. In this fuel environment, the airplane is a dog (from a P&L standpoint) and you won't see it much longer in the UA fleet.
Tdan From United States of America, joined Nov 2011, 306 posts, RR: 3 Reply 15, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 3281 times:
Quoting av8r915 (Reply 13): Quoting tsnamm (Reply 7):
This would be doable right now with the 767-200, a good long thin route for this a/c. Perhaps they could start it with the 762 and switch to the 787 when sufficient numbers come on line, as they unload the 762 fleet.
CO 762s don't have bunk beds for the flight crew. A 4th pilot & crew rest is required on flights scheduled over 12 hours.
IAH-SCL would be significantly shorter than 12 hours, so this wouldn't be an issue.
Quoting CODC10 (Reply 14): The 762 does not have enough seats to generate the revenue to make such a long flight profitable, nor is its business class product acceptable for a flight to Asia. In this fuel environment, the airplane is a dog (from a P&L standpoint) and you won't see it much longer in the UA fleet.
The 763s are marginally more expensive to operate than the 762s, so really any incremental passengers and cargo would make a 763 more preferable than the 762 on any route. It's not that the 762s cannot make money, it's just that the 763s can almost always make more money. With UA's domestic 763s receiving the new long-haul 2-class interiors, the 762s no longer have a place in the combined fleet.
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m11stephen From United States of America, joined Aug 2008, 1207 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 2986 times:
With UA's already large Asian network it seems inevitable and a great addition.
Quoting CO787EWR (Reply 12): Aren't the 762's really hard to make money with... they have a lot of seats up front that you would need to fill.
Last I heard the 767-200s were being retired...?
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IrishAyes From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 1731 posts, RR: 5 Reply 18, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 2904 times:
Quoting Tdan (Reply 5):
EWR-ICN needs to happen very soon. Issue with the OZ connection is that the hub is directional and not conducive to beyond connectivity, whereas KE has much more of a true hub. That being said, the route would work on O&D alone from the NJ side of the Hudson
Really? Very interesting - ORDICN on OZ is going from 4x to daily starting this summer, alongside what is already a 10x operation on KE from ORD. So, if the market is large enough here to support it, then definitely the case remains the same in NJ
drerx7 From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 4906 posts, RR: 9 Reply 19, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2816 times:
Quoting SonomaFlyer (Reply 10): As far as one plane service, who says the incoming flight can't park at the International Terminal? As long as there is gate space, it can happen. Remember that Virgin America flew out of the international terminal while renovations to the domestic terminals was under way.
Yep
Quoting mogandoCI (Reply 8): At that airport, most (if not all) UA domestic flights arrive at T3 while i believe all long-haul international flights for UA depart out of Concourse G of the International Terminal (it's not the same setup as ORD where internationals depart next to domestics). So even if they offer same plane service, they would disembark you at T3, ask you to walk to Concourse G, then tow the plane over, and do the whole thing again =)
Not exactly accurate.
I have arrived SFO concourse G on a UA744 from ORD and that bird continued to SYD, albeit with a different flight number. Last month I left concourse G to IAH on the 763 and next to us was a 763 departure to KOA. My 763 arrived from OGG.
CODC10 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 2167 posts, RR: 8 Reply 20, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 2683 times:
Quoting Tdan (Reply 15): It's not that the 762s cannot make money, it's just that the 763s can almost always make more money.
Right, but on a 6000nm sector, standard RASM/CASM figures and fuel prices at current levels, the 762's breakeven LF is somewhere around 110%, unless my math is way off.
drerx7 From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 4906 posts, RR: 9 Reply 22, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 2640 times:
Quoting LAXdude1023 (Reply 21): They have the plane that would already be suited for it in the 762. They didnt need a merger or a 787 to do it.
They had only what? 10 762s? CO had better more profitable (at the time) uses for the 762. Too bad the 762 couldn't have been reconfigured to a more profitable CASM.
N62NA From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3681 posts, RR: 4 Reply 23, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 2616 times:
Quoting STT757 (Reply 2): It's long been rumored, KE had their own EWR flight up until 9/11. Huge Korean population in New Jersey, especially near Palisades Park.
If this is the case, then why hasn't any Asian carrier operated service from Korea to EWR?
Tdan From United States of America, joined Nov 2011, 306 posts, RR: 3 Reply 24, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 2495 times:
Quoting CODC10 (Reply 20): Right, but on a 6000nm sector, standard RASM/CASM figures and fuel prices at current levels, the 762's breakeven LF is somewhere around 110%, unless my math is way off.
Breakeven LF varies by the route since it is a function of yield and on-board revenue passengers. Your math may be right for a particular route, but since the measure depends on the revenue generated, there is not one single break-even LF number that can be applied fleet wide unless you are using the average (in which case, it should be a weighted average aggregating the total fleet fixed costs divided by the total revenue generated less the variable costs).
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25 jporterfi: Couldn't they just have the domestic flight use a gate at the International Terminal, and therefore avoid the confusion of having passengers walk ove
26 christao17: I've flown domestic flights into the International terminal many times. There is no problem with that and it happens regularly. As for towing passeng
27 CODC10: Exactly, but since I don't have access to their proprietary numbers, I can only estimate with public figures. It may not be 100% accurate but it is i
28 STT757: Korean air did until 9/11, now Korean air provides buses connecting Bergen County NJ with their flights at JFK. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreatow
29 washingtonian: This is very interesting. On a daily basis?
31 N62NA: That's interesting - and ridiculous. If northern NJ has such a high population of Koreans as you said earlier, the fact that there hasn't been a flig
32 STT757: There's a lot more that goes into route planning than just population, for instance Korean air serves Atlanta. Do you really think there are more Kor
33 HOONS90: Just a thought... KE has, within the past decade, invested quite a bit at JFK in terms of facilities, etc. IIRC They are a part owner of T1 (and were
34 STT757: 94,000 Korean Americans in New Jersey, 3rd largest population in the Country after California and New York. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Ameri
35 N62NA: You're all over the place. FIrst you state that the Korean population in New Jersey is "huge" as if that will somehow justify having a nonstop between
36 HOONS90: I think that STT757 means that an EWR-ICN service is likely, just not on KE metal.
37 Fly2yyz: I think if KE sees an economic reasoning to justify having two flights to the same city/region i.e LHR and LGW (slot reasoning?) then it will. As stat
38 STT757: Forgot to mention, besides having the third largest Korean American population in the US, Cliffside Park NJ (next to the aforementioned Palisades Park
39 HOONS90: The scenario in London is a bit different because they have less freedom to expand at LHR than they do at JFK. I'm surprised that OZ hasn't moved to
40 STT757: Besides Samsung, Hanjin also has their North American Headquarters in (Bergen County) New Jersey. http://www.hanjin.com/hanjin/CUP_HOM_1810.do?sessLoc
41 N62NA: What's truly interesting is despite all these facts you keep coming up with about New Jersey, nobody has provided nonstop service from Korea to EWR i
42 STT757: Exactly, which is why UA is going to launch the route.
43 STT757: Before they went under Daewoo's North American headquarters was also in Bergen County NJ.
44 Boeing773ER: IIRC they are, but I'm not sure how quickly this is being done.
45 N62NA: So why hasn't there been nonstop service from Korea to EWR in over 10 years, since New Jersey has all these Koreans living there and Korean company h
46 STT757: They've already retired two, five more will be retired by the end of the year as per UA's fleet plan.
47 HOONS90: A lot has changed even just within the past 4-5 years to improve market conditions for flights between Korea and the USA. South Korea was accepted in
48 LJ: Or the Korean pax don't mind traveling to JFK to catch the KE flight. If Samsung and Hanjin really care about a EWR service, KE would be there (KE wi
49 N62NA: Yes, eventually, that I would agree with you on. Most likely, yes. But it truly is a hike to go from New Jersey over to JFK - even if it is on a "spe
50 Tdan: The major reason why the 762 doesn't fly much more than 4500nm is due to the lack of crew-bunks which are required for 12+ hour operations.EWR-TLV is
51 N62NA: Imagine how this would go over: KE flies only out of EWR and tells their "sizable" customer base in NYC and Long Island to take the "special" bus the
52 CODC10: I suspect if it were economical to operate the 762ER on such sectors, we would have seen bunks installed.
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