Originally Posted by
jdavk
Yet IAH international was a money maker for CAL pre merger across the Atlantic, Pacific and Central/South America. Go figure.
Thats because Continental didn’t have hubs in LAX, SFO, ORD to funnel trans-pac traffic through…..
It was all EWR and IAH for Continental, that’s it….
Post-merger, it would been naive think United would continue to maintain Continental level of international flying through IAH abd prioritize connecting traffic for trans-pacific flights over SFO, LAX, and even ORD…
Originally Posted by
jdavk
Yeah, I guess that explains why Air New Zealand, ZipAir, ANA and ITA have moved in since the merger, eh?
ANZ, ZIPAir, ANA, ITA all rely on Point of Sale from their hubs…