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.
So you think it would be more profitable to dedicate a plane and a gate to a market that has 4+ competitors already offering a higher frequency, instead of finding another city pair that isn't going straight into a competition buzzsaw? If we supposedly have 1000+ routes we think would be profitable but we don't have the planes and crews to fly them, then I'd imagine there's plenty of other opportunities out there to make a buck.