On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 05:06 AM, Bahadir Acuner wrote: >> AA's DFW doesn't compliment ORD all that well. > STL could have been a good alternative but it is close to ORD. Some > cases, too close. Mostly the frontal system that gets trhough ORD has > its impact on STL also. > Almost always different weather patterns, so yes, STL could of been good. But it is a bit out of range to feed west-coast small-town traffic like Fresno. DEN can hit almost all of the west coast with RJs (comfortably), while STL can't. >> DL is not well represented on the west coast, esp. out of SLC > Similar problem that happened with HP happens to DL out of SLC. > Get more CRJs and add more destinations from SLC hub. Then you have > options like ATL, CVG, SLC and DFW. That's as good as it gets. SLC has the potential to be a DEN, but it's a bit too far west to serve the heavily populated west-coast without dragging them so far north. >> AC's YYZ doesn't have a compliment out west > YYC may be another alternative as it's getting bigger each day.. Really? Didn't notice. Mind you, with all the 'shrinking' going on at AC, it's hard to tell what's going on. YYC has major problems as a hub IMHO. It's a small city (1/2 size or less than Vancouver, so little O&D.) Weather can be nasty and unpredictable. It can't serve Pacific routes for numerous reasons. Rural BC, which is far more airplane-locked than flat Alberta needs more connections, but YYC is a little too far to serve locales such as Williams Lake, Quesnel, and Sandspit. This is why Vancouver gets the nod. Canadian/Pacific Western did have a lot of traffic in YYC, but it was more like a milk-run stop in traveling from say Kelowna to Saskatoon. Cheers, Matthew