Originally Posted by
CAirBear
I will never understand why the hell we are not flying at least ONE flight a day (a very easy turn for crew) MCO-SJU.
Look, when literally every single competitor - Jet Blue, Southwest, Spirit and Frontier are all heading there (all multiple times a day each) it’s kind of a clue.
The reality is I don’t care how loyal you are to United, there is no way in hell you are flying on us, connecting in IAD or god forbid EWR and spending 8+ hours of your day when there are countless flights non stop on other carriers. You just aren’t.
Just try it. The world isn’t going to end and we aren’t going to be entering Chapter 11 if it fails. I highly doubt it will and I think they would be pleasantly surprised.
I would agree with you, but unfortunately that might not be the case. One of the VPs came by and had a Q&A at my indoc class and when asked about those types of markets (SJU, SDQ, etc…) he mentioned that it’s a tough market. Primarily because those pax aren’t loyal to any one airline and go off of price. Apparently, those carriers run it at a loss from time to time.
That said, I believe UA would be successful on these routes. A lot of people would love to be on a legacy rather than a LCC/ULCC