True. Though when US Airways was having "issues", and Delta was having less publicized issues, Delta announced that they would significantly increasing their presence at DCA. (Columbus, Fort Lauderdale, Hunstville, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach according to their current sched.) Other than Columbus (an old HP route) and Hunstville, these were routes that were juicy for US Airways. DCA definitely doesn't qualify as a hub or even a 'focus city' for Delta. Someone also noted some New Orleans<->Orlando flights as well. Seems that Delta is one airline that fits the bill, but not in a massive way. Matthew On Sunday, July 20, 2003, at 12:09 PM, Jeffrey L. Freeman wrote: > Hi all, > > I do have one recent example for you. About two weeks ago I took a > Comair > CRJ from FLL non-stop into National. Every other time I have > previously gone > FLL to DCA on Delta I had to go through Atlanta. In fact the return on > that > trip was through ATL because the Comair non-stop left to early in the > day. > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > Matthew Montano > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 12:43 PM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: RJ Myth? > > > AA considers (and operates) LAX as a hub, though it has an incredible > amount of O&D traffic that such a flight might look like it. > > I'm still looking for an example where a major N.A. airline is using > RJs to bypass 'congested airport hubs' (LAX is a tad 'congested' to > some.) > > I guess it's more of getting back to folks ongoing comments about how > the press fill white space and don't really check their facts and > assertions. Of course, this is true for many other industries as well. > > matthew > > On Saturday, July 19, 2003, at 09:41 PM, Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > >> In a message dated 7/18/03 7:58:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >> mmontano@xxxxxxxxx writes: >> >>>> Several of North America's largest airlines have used >>>> regional jets to bypass congested airport hubs and >>>> offer rapid point-to-point service between mid-sized cities. >> >> You are absolutely right. They are not bypassing hubs. The only >> cases I can >> think of are where they give small-mid sized cities more non-stops to >> non-hub >> big cities. I can think of the new Eagle Flight CRJ700 from LAX to >> Whatever >> the code for Northwest Arkansas is >> >