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United drops TED
United’s TED (United without the U-N-I) is the airline’s “low fare” fleet of A320’s. I never completely understood the point of TED, but United is now dropping it. This effects close to 70 airplanes and a loss of as many as 1,200 jobs in response to the high cost of fuel. This is the second large cutback United has made in the past two months. These reductions amount to fifteen percent of United’s fleet. They are in addition to thirty grounded aircraft announced in April and hundreds of management job cuts. United predicts to spend more than $3B more on fuel than last year. United is trying hard to keep their head above water, but it’s not looking good. It seems they are really hoping for a merger with another airline. I’m not sure who would be interested, especially since Continental Airlines practically told them to take a hike.
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United dropping TED and losing airplanes is 2 different issues. They are simply dropping the TED logo and thought process and reconfiguring the A320s back to normal seating with First Class options. The airplanes that are being lost will be the 737 fleet and several 747s due to fuel cost efficiency (or lack thereof). I did a post on it too at http://www.thesavvytourist.com/the_savvy_tourist/2008/06/never-a-dull-mo.html
I hope you will drop by, ha ha!
Annie
Hi Jeffrey, nice blog. I am a pilot for CO and just want to post a comment regarding what is going on with traffic control in EWR, I have a blog too and want to start doing something with all his stuff going on. This is what happen last night, is a little bit bit long, so if youget hooked just go to my blog.TY.Karl
Well, we finally made it to Phoenix (PHX) last night, 7 hours and 37 minutes after we closed the passenger door. We sat, and sat, and sat, and sat some more. Our passengers were incredibly understanding as we endured what seemed like endless delays. Summer isn’t even here and the delays are already out of control. The sad thing was that THEIR WAS NO WEATHER to cause the delays!!! The controllers kept saying it was due to “traffic saturation”……even at midnight??? I don’t think so. All I know is that this is costing the airlines an absolute FORTUNE!!! READ MORE: http://karlnovakphotos.blogspot.com/2008/06/problem-with-newark.html
Let’s be serious. TED was a dumb idea in the first place. Trying to pare costs within your own company to more inexpensively deliver something you have already proven you can’t do is just one more dumb idea coming from major airline management.
Until they begin pricing the products to the point where they no longer lose money … they’ll continue losing money.
All the fuel issue did was make us realize again, that, like Dorothy, we do have to pay attention to the man behind the curtain who runs the airline.
Rob Mark - I totally agree about everything you said. TED was a bad idea, along with a ton of others that the power(s) that be at United had. I think our “man behind the curtain” at United is afraid to come out for fear of being attacked by the flying monkeys. No disrespect intended as my hubby is an Airline Pilot.
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