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Heard just recently, that UAL might be "drawing down" MIA ?
Anybody heard anything ??
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Anybody heard anything ??
Thanx
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UAL drawing down MIA
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In the latest step of its decade-long retreat at Miami International Airport, United Airlines is considering cutting capacity, starting April 24.
The move, based on passenger demand, would affect two daily flights each to Chicago and Washington's Dulles, confirmed United spokesman Jeff Kovick. United would convert four of its six daily flights from Ted commercial airliners to United Express regional jets.
Two other daily flights to Denver would still operate on Ted's Airbus A-320s.
Overall, the decision would slash by more than 50 percent United's seating capacity on the four flights, from 156-seat Airbus A320 jetliners to 30- to 70-seat regional jets on one of its six United Express partners.
At its peak in 1993, United had 45 daily flights from Miami. After a steady decline and the elimination of Latin American flights in 2003 and 2004 -- resulting in the transfer or loss of more than 1,000 jobs -- United in late 2005 converted its remaining handful of domestic flights at MIA to its discount carrier Ted.
United plans to continue to operate four daily Ted flights at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport: two to Chicago, one to Dulles and one to Denver.
Currently, the airline ranks as the sixth-largest carrier at MIA, with 1.7 percent of the traffic, airport statistics show.
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In the latest step of its decade-long retreat at Miami International Airport, United Airlines is considering cutting capacity, starting April 24.
The move, based on passenger demand, would affect two daily flights each to Chicago and Washington's Dulles, confirmed United spokesman Jeff Kovick. United would convert four of its six daily flights from Ted commercial airliners to United Express regional jets.
Two other daily flights to Denver would still operate on Ted's Airbus A-320s.
Overall, the decision would slash by more than 50 percent United's seating capacity on the four flights, from 156-seat Airbus A320 jetliners to 30- to 70-seat regional jets on one of its six United Express partners.
At its peak in 1993, United had 45 daily flights from Miami. After a steady decline and the elimination of Latin American flights in 2003 and 2004 -- resulting in the transfer or loss of more than 1,000 jobs -- United in late 2005 converted its remaining handful of domestic flights at MIA to its discount carrier Ted.
United plans to continue to operate four daily Ted flights at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport: two to Chicago, one to Dulles and one to Denver.
Currently, the airline ranks as the sixth-largest carrier at MIA, with 1.7 percent of the traffic, airport statistics show.
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