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United Airlines Explains How It Orchestrates 30,000 Weekly Flights | WSJ

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United Airlines flies 988 routes globally with around 30,000 departures every week. How do airlines choose where to fly when they have so many flights every week?

It turns out legacy airlines like American and Delta and low-cost airlines like Southwest and Spirit use different models when planning their route networks. WSJ asked United’s global network planning expert to explain how airlines plan and manage their routes.

0:00 Meet Patrick Quayle, a global network planning executive
0:27 The hub-and-spoke network structure
2:50 The linear route system, point-to-point
4:45 When to update route networks

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united airlines, southwest airlines, flight planning
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