True but to make money, United need both connecting traffic and point to point. Norwegian would easily take a swathe of the p2p from United albeit growing the size of the market willing to fly BHX-NYC direct. They are VERY aggresive remember, their previous growth plan was predicated on killing off SAS stone dead. They make MOL look Mother Theresa IMHO but so long as the consumer saves a few more bob, no one cares.
United have dropped BRS and more recently BFS and NCL, careful what you wish for.
btw Norwegian's (loss making) business model makes the Virgin Group look like a model of transparency!