Fokker70
Ebookers fares LHR-IAD 17/7(7 days):
BMI - £392
UA=£451
BA - £468
Virgin - £521
So UA not the cheapest then.
At the end of May, bmi were publishing ".....recent load factors of 70% on transatlantic flights"
For European Airlines(AEA), the North Atlantic Load Factor for May 2002 was 79.1%. This figure was about 4% higher than estimates, due to a reduction in traffic of about 16%, and a reduction in capacity of about 20% compared with 12 months previously.