Does anyone know if UA is dicontinuing LAX-SJO? I see GUA and SAL are still there but the flight to GUA used to continue to SJO. Now the website has nothing to SJO.
Thanks for any info.
Thanks for any info.
Is Sjo Gone In 2006
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Actually all of SJO is gone this December. And there will be a Saturday only service from Chicago to Liberia instead.
DC
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a casualty of UA's shrinking Latin system. It's hard for UA to compete in Latin America other than select markets when its hubs are north of much larger Latin hubs operated by AA, CO, and DL.
True.....but that also rings true for why Delta/AMR don't have much of a presence in the Pacific outside of Hawaii and a few select markets. Too far east and south.
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yes.... and it says that no US carrier has the ability to have a truly worldwide route system given their current domestic route systems. US carriers that want to be truly global in the mold of the European carriers will probably have to merge w/ another US carrier that has domestic strengths in complementary parts of the country. International route systems are an outgrowth of the domestic route systems for all US airlines.
It is probably also why UA will eventually merge with CO or DL in some form at some point. UA has the Pacific and west coast strength to support it while CO and DL have strong European and Latin systems based on the presence in the NE and South.
It is probably also why UA will eventually merge with CO or DL in some form at some point. UA has the Pacific and west coast strength to support it while CO and DL have strong European and Latin systems based on the presence in the NE and South.
What's sad is the low yield that SJO was generating, and that we were bumping higher-yield GUA traffic in order to sustain SJO. Now, a LAXGUA redeye turns right back out to LAX, bringing all of that good traffic with it. Now it even connects to NRT, so we'll offer a daily GUA-LAX-NRT connection.
