Originally Posted by
FriendlyPilot
All effort in 2026 is going to be to grow in ORD, DEN and IAH as much as possible. Especially in ORD now that we got 5 more gates. Any growth in other bases with NB planes will only be to support flying out of those 3 hubs and the other massive growth will be 787 flying increasing in LAX, SFO and ORD. Whatever their plans were to distribute flying has changed to trying to get some fortress mid continent hubs and more Pacific flying.
Once the E gates in Dulles open they will probably build that up, but that's not supposed to be done until late 2026. I would like to see that 40,000 sf United Club there. The current one is pretty bad.
Everything else isn't a priority apparently.
FWIW the standards meeting slides I mentioned had DEN and ORD and IAH as having the “minimal growth” label as well, but I didn’t see all the fleets. Plans can and will change, but it’s interesting that a recent snapshot isn’t lining up with many posts on here. I guess we’ll see soon enough with these upcoming vacancy bids.