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In response to "You have good points as well. -- nm" by droidlet

That said, I'm sure they can tweak Dulles to serve as (mainly) a local O&D airport with just the connection they need to sustain the profitable routes

Posted by Tyego97 (aka ty97) Jun 27 '14, 10:56

It doesn't have to be an across the board hub.

United's main problem (if one considers this a problem) is that they don't have a southeastern/Sun Belt hub. They have Houston. And they have Dulles. Nothing East/South of those two.

UA used to be partners with (and codeshare with) US which gave them a codeshare hub in Charlotte, but with the AA/US merger, that's over. So now you have AA in Miami and Charlotte, and Delta in Atlanta. UA had nothing there.

Considering the growth of the Southeast (especially the Carolinas and Florida) this seems like a gap.

But the don't seem to even be trying to use Dulles to fill that gap. (They have even cut some Florida service from Dulles this year)

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United is just a poorly run airline (and saying that as a Chicago kid when they were on top) - droidlet Jun 27, 11:03 4
- Yes, I fully agree with the analyst that UA has problems (lots of them) that need to be addressed. - Tyego97 Jun 27, 11:05 3
  - Also (no one cares but) I hate that they kept the stupid CO globe on the tail. - Tyego97 Jun 27, 11:06 2
    - Had to keep something of the CO branding. I'm really glad they kept the new AA livery though. - spamlet Jun 27, 11:23 1
      - The new AA livery has been so divisive. - Tyego97 Jun 27, 11:31

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That said, I'm sure they can tweak Dulles to serve as (mainly) a local O&D airport with just the connection they need to sustain the profitable routes

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