Seeing as I work for the company that handles the UA flights to/from EWR @ LHR I suppose I have a unique perspective on this…

Indeed the load factors have been rather low of late, however the OP has failed to omit several key factors…

Firstly Newark (EWR) has recently been affected by two major weather systems (Hurricane Sandy and then the nor’easter snow storm!), which has led to a lot of delayed and cancelled flights, and because of this alot of people who were planning to travel to the US via EWR chose to fly via alternative routes or just cancelled their trips altogether. In order to avoid the scenes seen a few years back, we simply do not allow people to re-book at the airport…instead they are directed to the website or to call Reservations. All customers are offered a date change or a refund if they cancelled.

Secondly, I would point out that whilst the aircraft might not have that many passengers onboard, the BusinessFirst cabin has certainly been full on almost all of the flights on both the outbound and inbound flights.

Lastly, revenue is also generated from the cargo that is transported on the aircraft…I believe that UA have a contract with Royal Mail to transport mail to the USA, which is quite a valuable contract to have in place.

In terms of when the flights are the busiest, I find that first thing Monday morning and the afternoon/evening flights on Thursday, Friday and Sunday are the busiest.;)

Some great photos there MANAIRPORTMAD!!

And a great website too…I’ve had a go at the Guess The Airline game under the “Just For Fun” bit, so look forward to hearing how many I got right, and also which ones I couldn’t quite guess.:D

Oh, and here’s a fab lolly for you…;)

I would imagine that their HQ will be re-located to ABZ…seeing as that is where the “new” bmi regional is now based?

Perhaps they can acquire the aircraft from the demise of WindJet?

Nice photo.:)

Have to say, that particular livery is far better than the “Dove” one that is on some other A319s.

Not at all surprised really by UA’s decision to buying Boeings…as they have been the North American launch customer for many of Boeing’s aircraft fleet from the 767-200/400ER, 777-200, 787, and they will also now become the launch customer for the new 737 MAX 9.

According to Wikipedia (so it might not be totally correct!), Monarch’s dates and routes are as follows:

2012

14 December – Munich (this is an interesting choice?!)
15 December – Grenoble

2013

22 March – Tenerife-South
23 March – Faro & Palma
24 March – Larnaca
25 March – Arrecife

1 May – Heraklion & Rome-Fiumicino
2 May – Antalya
3 May – Barcelona & Mahon
4 May – Dalaman

22 July – Bodrum

Not sure about the TOM aircraft moving over to MON as they also have plans for Leeds in 2013, albeit seasonal stuff:

2013

1 May – Mahon & Paphos
2 May – Ibiza
3 May – Dalaman
4 May – Rhodes
5 May – Enfidha

It says they are also serving Corfu, Palma de Mallorca, Sharm El Sheikh and Tenerife-South on a seasonal basis, but these have already commenced.

Hey Rob,

What a cracking bunch of photos mate, well done and thanks for sharing.:)

Particularily like the one of the Titan BAe 146 with the EK A380 in the background…should be named “Clash of the Titan-s!”, although in this instance the Titan would be running scared (I’ll get my coat!:p:o). Also, it serves to remind me just how ugly the BAe 146 looks from the rear…and yet from the front it looks quite nice, weird or what?!

And of course it would be rude of me not to mention how nice looking that UA B757 is…:D