Nrt-hkg
08-30-2013 | 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by CousinEddie:1473651
We discontinue NRT-HKG service
Posted August 30, 2013
We are exiting NRT-HKG (Hong Kong) service with the last operation on Oct. 26, 2013. The change will be loaded in SHARES on Aug. 31. We will re-accommodate affected customers on other airlines or provide refunds.
While we have made this decision because of the segment’s poor financial performance, we continue to monitor opportunities for profitable service in the
Asia-Pacific region.
I believe all the high yield customers on this route re-accommodated themselves upon the route going to a 737. Funny how UAL never shed this route despite: The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, 9/11, SARS, Chapter 11, the 2008 global financial crisis, and so on. But now it just doesn't work. You're going to love the changes.....
Posted August 30, 2013
We are exiting NRT-HKG (Hong Kong) service with the last operation on Oct. 26, 2013. The change will be loaded in SHARES on Aug. 31. We will re-accommodate affected customers on other airlines or provide refunds.
While we have made this decision because of the segment’s poor financial performance, we continue to monitor opportunities for profitable service in the
Asia-Pacific region.
I believe all the high yield customers on this route re-accommodated themselves upon the route going to a 737. Funny how UAL never shed this route despite: The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, 9/11, SARS, Chapter 11, the 2008 global financial crisis, and so on. But now it just doesn't work. You're going to love the changes.....
08-31-2013 | 06:12 AM
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From: Boeing's Plastic Jet Button Pusher - 787
"Pre-Merger"......Didn't L-UA have rights to multiple (possibly several) inner-Asia point-to-point routes, that were 'dormate', and not being used for quite some time??
08-31-2013 | 08:52 AM
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08-31-2013 | 09:01 AM
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09-01-2013 | 06:10 AM
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There is a big difference between a route that makes money and a route that we pilots assume should make money. I've seen way too many pilots scream about a loss of a city or a change of a hotel simply because they liked flying there, had a girlfriend there or their favorite restaurant was nearby. There are simply markets we will not be able to penetrate due to market forces and the local passenger preference. One great example of that is Tel Aviv. DAL has been in and out of that market with different airplanes to different cities yet CAL filled two airplanes a day since we started flying there.
Another example is when we switched to LHR from LGW. Our pilots had a coronary and chalked it up as the stupidest decision ever because our loads appeared to drop, now it's one of the most profitable cities.
Long story short, we are good at flying airplanes but most pilots would suck a running an airline.
Another example is when we switched to LHR from LGW. Our pilots had a coronary and chalked it up as the stupidest decision ever because our loads appeared to drop, now it's one of the most profitable cities.
Long story short, we are good at flying airplanes but most pilots would suck a running an airline.
09-01-2013 | 06:50 AM
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From: A320 Cap
There is a big difference between a route that makes money and a route that we pilots assume should make money. I've seen way too many pilots scream about a loss of a city or a change of a hotel simply because they liked flying there, had a girlfriend there or their favorite restaurant was nearby. There are simply markets we will not be able to penetrate due to market forces and the local passenger preference. One great example of that is Tel Aviv. DAL has been in and out of that market with different airplanes to different cities yet CAL filled two airplanes a day since we started flying there.
Another example is when we switched to LHR from LGW. Our pilots had a coronary and chalked it up as the stupidest decision ever because our loads appeared to drop, now it's one of the most profitable cities.
Long story short, we are good at flying airplanes but most pilots would suck a running an airline.
Another example is when we switched to LHR from LGW. Our pilots had a coronary and chalked it up as the stupidest decision ever because our loads appeared to drop, now it's one of the most profitable cities.
Long story short, we are good at flying airplanes but most pilots would suck a running an airline.
Sorry.... Couldn't resist.
09-01-2013 | 07:26 AM
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I will trade any day of the week a inter Asia flight for a new transpacific flight. Denver Tokyo is better use of a landing slot then Tokyo Hong Kong. Let us look at it this way, how would you feel if ANA started Chicago London? We would scream bloody murder. We always choose to be hypocritical when its in our favor.
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