Bear in mind too, that just because an airline is losing money overall, doesn't mean all its routes are loss makers. Some may be very profitable but there just aren't enough of them to put the whole company in the black. Grant SYD QF At 07:10 AM 04/08/03 -0400, you wrote: >I actually saw the aircraft. I was a 744. But I cannot answer your question >about >the money losing issue :) > >BAHA > >-----Original Message----- >From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of >Alireza Alivandivafa >Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 3:03 AM >To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: 747 domestic > > >In a message dated 8/1/2003 5:52:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >bahadiracuner@xxxxxxxxx writes: > ><< I was chatting with a United agent yesterday at IAD (had lots of time to > kill) > and she said that they have a 747-400 run that does IAD-LAX everyday packed > to its > tail. Wish I was able to get on that instead of being stuck in ORD. > >> > >Since when? Last I checked, UA was only running the 744 LAX-ORD, having >replaced the 744 to DEN with a 777. Also, if they are packing 744s to the >tail on >domestic flights, how come they lose so much money?