Matthew, So Denver works fine as a hub, if both legs are on aircraft of major airlines; it works poorly as a bus station where you would connect to or from a regional carrier. I'm not sure that's a problem. Personally, I avoid Denver b/c they have problems in summer (t-storms) and winter (snow). Yes, O'Hare has those problems, and others as well, but they seem to know what to do. BTW, is 4 hours on anyone's 757 any better than 2.5 hours on an RJ? john On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Matthew Montano wrote: > 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 -- John F. Kurtzke, C.S.C. Department of Mathematics 278 Buckley Center University of Portland Portland, OR 97203 503-943-7377 kurtzke@xxxxxx