Originally Posted by
Ala5ka
Unlikely. If they didn’t wouldn’t be approved anyway. From what I understand UAL is expanding in Europe and vacation destinations as Asia is still mostly a no go. The only benefit Seattle holds to any airline not named alaska airlines is a gateway to Asia. That is probably not even close to being on ual radar right now.
The problem with UAL's west coast bases is that after closing SEA, both LAX and SFO instantly became gate limited for UAL. I've spent a lot of hours on the LAX and SFO ramps waiting for gates to open since SEA closed.