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I was at a Continental function tonight (hosted by Larry Kellner and Steve Schirripa) celebrating the 10th anniversary of the EWR global gateway expansion and it was mentioned that among other teams, CO is the 'official airline of the New York Giants.' I guess these marketing partnerships are more for advertising than to indicate the airline the team actually uses.
It's all for marketing. By playing a game that counts overseas, the NFL is showing that it cares about cultivating the game in Europe. They send over New York and Miami, two cities that are prime business and leisure destinations in order to give the overseas fans some semblance of "ownership," so even if they don't recognize any of the players, they'll have all heard of New York and Miami.
The Giants get a UA 763? Dan Snyder goes to games on one of the nicer NFL owner bizjets (Global 904DS), but gives the Skins a mere UA 752!
Nice catch Bill.
Last time I saw a United 747-400 at EWR was 5 years ago.
Thanks Mike, the flight back to EWR is planned for 8:05pm today so it looks like this visit will slip by as I imagine it will ferry to a UAL hub well before sunrise.