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United Airlines Cuts Strategic Silicon Valley Flight from Newark

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 26, 2018November 14, 2023 3 Comments

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Just a year and a half after entering the market, United Airlines will end daily service between Newark, New Jersey and San Jose, California. The route has not performed as hoped for.

In March 2017, I wrote about United’s return to San Jose, CA with new service from Chicago and Newark. While the Chicago service will remain, the once-daily 166-seat Boeing 737-800 just could not cut it on the transcon route. Service will end on October 26, 2018. United officially blames the route reduction on soft demand.

But remember that United is shifting strategies at Newark, de-emphasizing EWR as a connecting airport and focusing on local traffic. That may have also played a role in this route reduction.

> Read More: United Shifting Strategy at Newark + Washington Hubs

United battled Alaska head-to-head on this route and it appears the Seattle-based carrier can claim victory. Alaska has since added a nonstop flight to New York JFK as well. Delta and JetBlue also now serve San Jose from New York JFK. There was simply too much competition and United was the odd man out.

CONCLUSION

With United’s fortress San Francisco hub only 33 miles away, it is not a huge surprise that it would choose to focus on that. United will still serve San Jose from Chicago, Denver, and Houston. I still wish United would offer at least a couple flights per day from its LAX hub. Once in a while, flying into San Jose (or Oakland) is much easier than SFO…

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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3 Comments

  1. Jack Reply
    July 26, 2018 at 10:26 am

    I was loving this flight, and flying it tomorrow! The P fares were reasonable as well. My Thanksgiving and Christmas flights got canceled and rerouted via den. I called up and got moved to SFO-EWR. I’ll definitely be giving more business to Delta and Alaska now.

  2. Nadine Reply
    July 26, 2018 at 11:31 am

    United seems to be a very week competitor. Congrats to Alaska now they are the only airline flying SJC-EWR. And DL, B6 & AS serving SJC-JFK let’s see if either Jetblue or Delta will give up.

  3. Doug Swalen Reply
    August 9, 2018 at 11:31 am

    It annoys me no end that United dropped SJC-LAX. Having to drive up to SFO to fly the route stinks. In fact, it looks like in October I’m going to use Southwest to do SJC-LAX which I’m loathe to do because I’m tossing points away on an airline I avoid flying like the plague. But there are logistical reasons for me needing to arrive back at SJC and not SFO this time.

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