It did not take long for the new management at United to start tinkering with the Dulles hub.
Starting in June 2011, service to/from Paris will reduced to a 757-224, an older aircraft owned by Continental, replacing 767 and 777 service on the late daily second flight to/from Paris.
The bigger United aircraft will be shifted to Newark airport where Continental will add to its already beefy presence there.
Amsterdam is the other city that will be affected, and that too will be serviced by Boeing 757. The bigger United aircraft will also be shifted to Newark.
When service is reduced to/from Paris in the fall to once a day, Continental will be servicing Paris with a single daily 757 service.
The two cabin service with single aisle aircraft will likely be unpopular on flights that will take between 8-10 hours, and will open up opportunities to competitors such as Air France, KLM and others to take market share from United/Continental.
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