At 01:43 PM 4/9/2003 -0400, you wrote: > > Is there any hope for DEN if UA goes out of business? > > >Ya gotta ask yourself....do we really need Denver? Lousy weather and a bunch >of skiiers.....-] > >Dennis We who? At least one major has hubbed at Denver since the rise of the hub and spoke networks. Denver's always had the funny property of having fairly little north/south traffic, but it is really well placed for east-west, and has a fair O+D base. However, with the industry suffering the way it is, it may be really hard for any of the current network carriers to pick up the slack. Frontier would love to pick up some of the traffic, but... I don't see them being able to grow as fast as a major could... But.. they might well be positioned to limit any one of the currently weakened majors from having a shot at moving in, due to the assurance of low fares in key markets. Ugly that... - David