Come on David, I like reading those reposts of articles I have already
read anyway!
On Wed, 14 May 2003, David Ross wrote:
> "Southwest Airlines Co. ("Southwest") is a major domestic airline that
> provides predominantly shorthaul, high-frequency, POINT-TO-POINT, low-fare
> service." (From annual form 10-K as filed with the SEC; emphasis are mine).
> The only reason it may appear to have hubs is due to the number of flights
> it conducts between different cities. You're just as likely to connect in
> PDX or BNA as your are in PHX or MDW.
>
> Smaller hubs failed because the were redundant. I don't consider PIT to be
> a smaller hub because of US but do agree that RDU and CMH are smaller hubs.
> RDU was a stupid place for AA to put a hub because they had another mini-hub
> at BNA.
>
> SLC could use another carrier but not as a hub. WN had a big presence
> there. It would be great if more airlines followed WN's example and placed
> point-to-point flights between non-hub cities. It makes for some really
> strange routes such as BOI to OAK via SEA on AS or SAT to ELP via DFW.
>
> O&D may be good for a hub but as I've mentioned, it's not good for the
> consumer. Fares from CLT, CVG, DTW, and PIT, for example, are higher
> because they are, for all practical purposes, one airline towns. (US, DL,
> NW, and US respectively)
>
> BTW, Alireza, glad you are here. Finally, there's some good discussion
> going on rather than just seemingly endless press releases and news
> articles.
>
> David R.
> http://home.attbi.com/~damiross
> http://www.secure-skies.org/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx>
> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 8:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Northwest adding nonstop flights from Milwaukee to
> major cities
>
>
> > I agree on the no hubs thing, though a lot of WN's ops could be considered
> > hubs. They even set up flights as connections and multi-stops, as we all
> > know. PHX, LAS, BWI, OAK, LAX, MDW are all examples.
> > Hasn't the failures of a lot of small hubs (PIT, RDU, CMH) shown that
> the
> > bigger cities are better? I understand your argument, and it has some
> > empirical bite, but I think O&D is needed to feed. That is why DEN, aside
> > from how much money has been wasted there by the airport commission, is
> such
> > a good hub. I also think there is room for another op at SLC, considering
> > that DL is the only hub there
>