Denver would work as a hub if the world was dominated by A319s and 737s connecting mid-size cities to hubs. But alas, the world has changed. RJs are the name of the game for a lot of reasons. Denver, being at least an hour and half from any major population centers on the west coast or mid-west/south either means very infrequent A319/737 service, or LONG hauls on an RJ. That's why 4 hours on a Delta 757 connecting to a 40 minute CRJ flight is more appealing than either one or two 2.5 hour segments on an RJ. Therefore cities like Phoenix, Cincinnati, Atlanta,Washington Dulles, Pittsburgh, Philly should do well as hubs. Additionally cities such as San Fran, L.A., Chicago, New York/Newark do well with the O&D traffic added in. Just my opinion... Matthew On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, at 11:31 AM, David W. Levine wrote: > 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 >