Originally Posted by
El Bunto
Can we knock this myth on the head please? Unless you work in the revenue department at United you can't say that for certain. The best we as laymen know is what the airline itself said: that there are more profitable opportunities elsewhere in the network for the use of a 757 airframe. They've been saying that even since the days of full-tier APD:
House of Commons - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee - Minutes of Evidence
The document states that BHD EWR had the lowest average fares of any route out of the UK, with J class 1,200 less than Heathrow.
Also stated that the route was profitable in the Past.