United announced yesterday that it would be consolidating its Southeast Florida flights at Miami International Airport by eliminating its 4 daily frequencies to Fort Lauderdale and 1 daily flight to West Palm Beach. United operates to about 10 Central and South American countries from Miami and will thus concentrate on the international flights, rather than worry about competing with Spirit and Southwest at FLL.
Sure, in today's environment this is not a shocking move. But, it is worth noting that by eliminating 4 daily flights United has knocked out a 1/3 of the capacity (on a frequency basis) from CHI to FLL. The remaining carriers Southwest, American and Spirit operate 4, 2 and 2 daily flights, respectively. Of course, Southwest could pick up the slack if there was excess demand, but I'm sure everyone would be just as happy to see fares go up.
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