I agree, except that you need to remove Southwest (WN) as a "minihub." WN does not have hubs, period. They have airports with lots of flights that allow for connections but these flights not, in any sense of the word, constitute a hub. The WN annual report, web page, and other documents specifically state that they are not a hub airline. David R http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "RT Simpson" <BraniffIntl@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 19:42 Subject: [AIRLINE] St Louis Blues > In a message dated 8/23/2003 7:21:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > EricB955@xxxxxxx writes: > > > > There is...St. Louis doesn't have a REAL hub carrier. AA will be > > nothing more than a minihub player after November 1. Southwest's > > presence is only a minihub. I think it would make more sense for > > Virgin to establish a major presence at STL, which would make Virgin > > Atlantic even more of an eligible carrier to take over the lucrative > > STL-LGW run from AA. > > > > Whew! You've explored just about every possibility except Braniff IV coming > back and making STL it's hub!! Gotta give you credit, though Eric...if > you're not already on the Chamber of Commerce, that's where you belong! Someday > you'll get a real hometown airline, and someday we'll get a real football team. > > RT Simpson > Phoenix >