In a message dated 3/21/02 9:20:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, dks28@cornell.edu writes: > Yes, except when you factor in the poor air service in California's > Central Valley. Think about it: Fresno itself is larger than St. Louis > and it basically has nothing other than regional turbo-prop service. > Sacramento can draw from up and down the valley and pull away people who > would otherwise drive over to SFO. > > People over there are dying for solid air service to anywhere. Hawaii is > as good a place as any. > Amen, indeed! If you have not recently been to the greater Sacramento area (including the Sierra foothills and the "Gold" country, etc.), you'll be amazed at the dramatic growth in population, jobs and new housing in recent years. Many people from the San Francisco Bay Area have either "cashed out" of their real estate positions here and relocated to the Sacramento area, or have been forced out due to the cost of living pressures that culminated in the "Dot.coN" era. The predominant demographic expansion from SFO is toward the East; the far East Bay and the upper Central Valley of California. It'll be no surprise to see these new Hawaii flights do very well. ............"Book 'em, Danno!!!"...............Aloha. Mike/SFO