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Ted was one of two airline divisional brands of United Airlines. It targeted vacation locations primarily served by the low cost airline market, in contrast to the company's high-end premium transcontinental brand, United p.s. (which focused on business travelers between United's two California hubs and New York City). "Ted" comes from the last three letters in the United brand name.[3] United marketed Ted anthropomorphically and attempted to personify Ted; it used phrases such as Meet Ted or I've Met Ted.

Ted
IATA ICAO Callsign
UA UAL UNITED
Founded2003
Commenced operationsFebruary 12, 2004
Ceased operationsJanuary 6, 2009 (operations folded into United Airlines)
Hubs
Secondary hubs
Frequent-flyer programMileage Plus
AllianceStar Alliance (affiliate)
Parent companyUnited Airlines[1]
HeadquartersCity and County of Denver, Colorado[2]
Key peopleGlenn Tilton (CEO)
Websiteflyted.com

Due to the airline crisis caused by spiking fuel prices, on June 4, 2008, United announced that the Ted brand and services would be discontinued.[4] The Ted aircraft were refitted with a First Class cabin and re-incorporated into United's mainline fleet to compensate for the retirement of United's entire Boeing 737 fleet. Operations were folded back into the mainline brand on January 6, 2009.


History


Ted's creation was announced November 12, 2003, and service began February 12, 2004. It began service out of United's hub in Denver, to compete with JetBlue Airways. The airline had 56 Airbus A320s with 156 all-economy seats, allowing United to compete with low-cost airlines such as Frontier Airlines. All Ted flights were operated by United crews flying under the UAL operating certificate, as Ted was not actually a certificated airline, but rather a brand name applied to differentiate the all-economy service from United's mainline flights. Therefore, because of operational needs, it was possible for Ted aircraft to be utilized for mainline United flights; in the reverse, more often mainline United aircraft operated as Ted flights because of equipment substitutions.

During its brief existence, Ted was the subject of a popular joke that "Ted" stood for "the end of United."[4] This usually led to related jokes that American Airlines would start its own low-cost brand called Can and Northwest Airlines would start West.[4]


Destinations


At the time of its integration back into mainline United, Ted flew to 23 destinations[5] throughout the United States, including Puerto Rico, and Mexico. Ted's primary hub was at Denver International Airport, and the airline maintained focus cities at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, and Washington Dulles International Airport near Washington, DC. Ted ceased all operations on January 6, 2009 and was transferred to UA mainline.


Fleet


A Ted Airbus A320-200 (N470UA) taxiing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in December 2005
The same Airbus A320-200 (N470UA) seen almost seven years later at then McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas after it was reincorporated back into the mainline United fleet

United dedicated 56 of its 99 Airbus A320-200 aircraft to Ted operations.[6] These aircraft could carry up to 156 passengers.


Cabin


Ted's A320s were configured in one class that was split into two sub-classes. Economy Plus was the first sub-class which included rows 1-11. Economy Plus provided an extra five inches to the existing 31 inches of seat pitch for economy. Ted planes were equipped with 20 overhead retractable LCD screens known as "Tedevision" which were used to play videos throughout the flight. First class seating was not available on Ted flights. Every seat had TedTunes, which had 12 music stations plus a station that played live feeds from Air Traffic Control (channel 9) at the pilot's discretion.


See also



References


  1. "Ted Airlines Remembered". Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  2. "United pulls plug on Ted". 4 June 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  3. "Meet Lue". Airwhiners.net. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  4. Maynard, Micheline (June 5, 2008). "More Cuts as United Grounds Its Low-Cost Carrier". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  5. "Ted by United route map".
  6. "Ted Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net. Retrieved 16 August 2015.



На других языках


- [en] Ted (airline)

[es] Ted (aerolínea)

Ted fue una de las dos aerolíneas de la sección de marca de United Airlines. Ted fue creada para competir con el mercado de aerolíneas de bajo coste. En contraste con la otra aerolínea: United p.s., "Ted" viene de las tres últimas letras del nombre de la marca United. United lanzó Ted antropomórficamente y tentó de personificar a Ted; usando frases como Meet Ted o I've Met Ted.[1][2]

[fr] Ted (compagnie aérienne)

Ted était une compagnie aérienne à bas prix américaine, filiale d'United Airlines. Elle fut fondée en 2003, commença ses opérations en 2004 et finalement réintégra United Airlines en 2009[réf. nécessaire].



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