In a message dated 2/11/03 2:57:00 PM US Mountain Standard Time, yul@prodigy.net writes: > What's left for AWA? It sounds like they are chopping > routes and stops. Has the cash infusion they got for > 9/11 helped, hurt, n/a? Closing the "mini-hub" in Columbus was the RIGHT thing to do for AWA. A drain ($25m) and distraction as LAS & PHX are where the action (and real money) is. The key to getting out was brokering a deal with Chautauqua Airlines (one of the MesaAir divisions) to let them off the hook and sending RJs to Delta. Cactus is flush with cash and has been doing a great job filling seats and getting there on time. Howsomever...it's a different landscape out there for everyone. From an operational and cost point of view, AWA has their act together. Plus their western hubs are to die for. Whether the public wants to fly as much this year as in the past is more difficult to figure out than who Joe Millionaire will pick! RT Simpson Phoenix