Delta also had cut back quite a bit of service on their Delta Shuttle (DCA-LGA-BOS) so had gate availability. DCA is not necessarily landing slot constrained but rather gate constrained. How could the selection of routes be anything but a move against US Air? Delta already had decent service to those cities into Cincy and Hartsfield. I believe Delta has dropped their focus on using JFK as an east coast 'mini-hub', and DCA makes a great place to add a bit of focus giving the timing. It's also a stick in the eye as US Air's head-office practically overlooks the runways... ;-) Matthew On Wednesday, September 11, 2002, at 06:04 PM, Steven Catron wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Fuoco" <jfuoco@lynx.dac.neu.edu> > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 19:29 > Subject: Delta quietly begins US Airways Attack > > >> Now, can anyone figure out where they picked up the slots for this?? > From NW, who had been leasing them to US. That's what I read > somewhere, > anyway.