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CEO för United, Jeff Smisek, och några andra chefer får alltså sparken:
The United States attorney for New Jersey has been investigating whether United, the nation’s third-largest airline, agreed to reinstate money-losing flights to the airport nearest the weekend home of the authority’s chairman, David Samson, in return for improvements the airline wanted at Newark Liberty International Airport, where it is the biggest carrier.
Upgrades at the Newark airport were a central part of the Port Authority’s plan, announced in early 2014, to spend $8 billion to improve airline service to the region. Among the improvements United officials had been pushing was an extension of PATH commuter rail service from downtown Newark, which would have given the airline’s passengers the option of a one-seat train ride from Lower Manhattan to the airport. United also sought a reduction in its rent.
Får att få trevliga uppgraderingar till flygplatsen har man fortsatt att flyga rutten Newark-Columbia, SC, som annars skulle läggas ned. Chefen för Port Authority ville att rutten skulle ligga kvar eftersom det var nära hans sommarställe. Ganska komiskt. Smisek var med på det om man fick mer uppgraderingar på flygplatsen som gynnade United. När chefen för Port Authority fick sparken la man direkt ned rutten som kallades "chairman's flight".Upgrades at the Newark airport were a central part of the Port Authority’s plan, announced in early 2014, to spend $8 billion to improve airline service to the region. Among the improvements United officials had been pushing was an extension of PATH commuter rail service from downtown Newark, which would have given the airline’s passengers the option of a one-seat train ride from Lower Manhattan to the airport. United also sought a reduction in its rent.
