The UA situation is based very much on the need to fill seats ex LHR. They have five flights a day ex LHR to EWR to fill in an overcrowded market which offers no fewer than 30 flights a day to EWR and JFK. The similar markets to Manchester in other parts of Europe do not have that sort of competition, and especially do not have the airline trying to keep slots at the premier airport in the same country, even if it means flying partly full aircraft, whilst the regional airport which had previously performed well enough to fill a double daily schedule and is filling its current seating capacity, is ignored for upgrades.
Last edited by philbky; 3rd Apr 2015 at 23:19.