Originally Posted by
A320.b744
UA gave the Executive an ultimatum - give us more money or we will leave. (No they didnt.) The Executive were unable to deliver (no they weren't) so UA had no option but to leave.(yes, they did) If they had stayed in spite of this then they'd have lost a lot of bargaining credibility with other regional airports (The deal at BFS would have been a good bargaining tool to put to other airports). UA would have been unable to milk the funds of other regions where their Newark service is the only transatlantic link (not if they had a template ironed out at BFS).