United confirms it's adding 4 seats to regional jets

[amcnd]

Ya, our ac with the new seats, has been doing ASE turns...and YMM overnights the last few days..

 

[IBNAV8R]

Bullcrap. Southwest said the same thing when they shoehorned another row of seats in. It wasn't true for them, either.

The public is stupid. Why do the math when you can just believe the spin?

 

[USC328]

Wonder how it will do on the newly announced EWR-JAC and EWR-BZN?
1629nm

 

[n757st]

Wonder how it will do on the newly announced EWR-JAC and EWR-BZN?
1629nm

You have to be joking? Wow...

 

[USC328]

It's been announced on SkyWest online.

 

[CFIT]

You have to be joking? Wow...

It is a joke, uniteds regional service is the worst.

Unless you buy on board or bring something of your own, you will get a whopping 3oz cup of coke.

And united has even admitted it to the regional FA's that they clearly don't care that they don't give anything out, because it saves them money!

 

[Mercyful Fate]

The EWR-JAC and EWR-BZN are being done with mainline, not SkyWest...

 

[greg52083]

hahahaaha sorry skywest

 

[USC328]

This was the news clip on Skywestonline.

Head to the Slopes with United Airlines
October 17, 2013 1300 MT

United Airlines will add flights to popular U.S. ski destinations for the upcoming winter and spring ski season, with three new routes and increased service on several existing routes.

New Service
On Dec. 12, 2013, United will launch nonstop service from its San Francisco hub to Sun Valley, Idaho, with daily flights offered through March 30, 2014.

United will also begin nonstop service from its Chicago hub to Gunnison/Crested Butte and Steamboat Springs/Hayden, Colo. The Gunnison/Crested Butte flights will begin on Dec. 21, 2013, and the Steamboat Springs/Hayden flights will begin on Feb. 15, 2014. The Gunnison/Crested Butte and Steamboat Springs/Hayden flights will operate through March 29, 2014.

Additional Service on Existing Markets
United will also add flights to existing ski market routes from several of its hubs:
Denver to Kalispell/Whitefish, Mont.
Houston to Aspen, Colo.
Houston, Los Angeles and New York/Newark to Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Los Angeles to Steamboat Springs/Hayden
New York/Newark to Bozeman, Mont.
?United is offering skiers even more options to head to the slopes this ski season with three new ski-destination routes and more flights to some of the ski markets we already serve,? said Vic Kerckhoff, United?s director of leisure sales. ?This new service provides travelers from across the country with frequent, convenient access to some of the best ski areas in the West.?

United Express carrier SkyWest Airlines will operate the new routes, using CRJ700 regional jet aircraft with United First, United Economy Plus and United Economy seating.

SkyWest?s CRJ700 aircraft are among the first being outfitted with United?s new signature seat design that is focused on customer comfort and environmental responsibility. The multi-tonal leather seats on the CRJ700 aircraft will have more ergonomic and supportive cushioning and additional seat-back storage space in United Economy Plus and United Economy. New technology makes the seats more environmentally friendly by reducing seat weight and volume, contributing to less fuel burn. United will also outfit other aircraft types with the multi-tonal leather interiors and similar cushioning and seat-back storage.

Winter Ski Destinations from All U.S. Hubs
From the Denver hub alone, United offers nonstop flights to 13 ski resorts for the winter ski season. Additionally, the new flights further expand United?s broad range of winter-season service from all of its U.S. hubs to ski destinations across North America, including:
Aspen: from Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco
Bozeman: from Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York/Newark and San Francisco
Burlington, Vt.: from Chicago, Cleveland, New York/Newark and Washington
Durango, Colo.: from Denver
Eagle/Vail, Colo.: from Denver, Houston and New York/Newark
Gunnison/Crested Butte: from Chicago, Denver and Houston
Hayden/Steamboat Springs: from Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York/Newark
Jackson Hole: from Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark and San Francisco
Kalispell/Whitefish: from Denver
Kelowna, British Columbia: from Los Angeles
Mammoth Lakes, Calif.: from Orange County and San Francisco
Montrose/Telluride, Colo.: from Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York/Newark
Reno/Tahoe, Nev.: from Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco
Salt Lake City: from Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco
Santa Fe/Taos, N.M.: from Denver
Sun Valley: from San Francisco
Vancouver, British Columbia: from Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco

I'll admit, the wording isn't very clear. It does say SkyWest will be operating the new routes, but maybe it's referencing the new routes earlier in the article. yet only 1 of those is new. SFO-SUN. We have seasonally flown the ORD-GUC and ORD-HDN before. I just assumed that EWR-JAC and EWR-BZN were new routes although its categorized under existing markets. I have never seen EWR-BZN offered by United/Continental before. Either way, I think 1629nm is too long for a CR7. Glad to see it's going to mainline. I tried to look up the flights on United.com and they aren't listed for sale yet, or at least I could not find them a few days ago.

 

[USC328]

Just looked it up and see that it is mainline. Looks like they have added the flights to their reservation system now. Glad to see it's an Airbus to BZN. Again, too long for a CR7.