I guess on it's own, Columbus looks like a good deal, but with a bankrupt US Air in Pittsburgh, a struggling Delta in Cinci, Northwest in Detroit, CO in Cleveland, if they are trying to connect passengers in the north east, they have some competitors. If they were trying to funnel pax from Columbus to Phoenix/Las Vegas and points beyond (possibly strategy as CMH was heavily RJ oriented), then the fact that all of the competitors were flying 737-800s, A319/320s on a point to point or hubbing through DFW/ORD/STL/ATl quite comfortably wouldn't bode well. Good call sticking to core competencies in the west coast. Matthew On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 04:40 PM, lafrance@verizon.net wrote: > This is good news for CO at CLE. > > > ============================================================ > From: Dennis W Zeuch <DZTOPS@aol.com> > Date: 2003/02/10 Mon PM 06:22:23 EST > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: Goodbye Columbus! > > KInda wonder about that > CMH seemed like a good middle america hub - low cost, not crowded, > fairly > good winter weather (Lots better than Pittsburgh) and lots of business > travel in a 100 mile radius. Cleveland, Akron-Canton, Youngstown, > CIncinnati etc etc. > Wonder why they couldnt make it happen.... > Dennis > ============================================================ > > > Roger > EWROPS >