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United May Delay Plans to Introduce a Basic Economy Fare

Brian Sumers

Photo Credit: United's airport workers had been getting trained on how to handle a new Budget Economy fare. But United has suspended the training, according to internal airline communications. United Airlines

Skift Take

Given how many changes United has made at the top recently, it makes sense that airline may want to delay this new fare class. The new executive team probably wants to get it right.

United Airlines has apparently delayed plans to introduce a new, low price, no-frills economy fare class to complete with discount airlines like Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines, according to a recent message to employees. In August, United had told airport workers the airline planned to launch the fare in late September, with customers starting to fly on it in mid-October. But the airline has since told airport workers the new fare has been delayed for "several months," blaming "changes in the Budget Economy fare product." Airport workers were told United was suspending tr

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