SAN-MSY (San Diego-New Orleans) is, by no stretch of the imagination, a regional route. Where is HHN? Is that Hahn, Germany? ISP-PVD (Long Island-Providence) isn't flown by Southwest or JetBlue. Dallas - Harlingen (HRL) is not flown nonstop by Southwest. In any case, Southwest or Jetblue are not regional airlines, nor are the others mentioned. Southwest's average stage length is also about 550 miles; JetBlue's is about 1200. Yes, they have some short routes. That is typical of any airline. That is why they fly larger aircraft such as the 737. Regional routes, as the term as evolved into in today's airline industry, usually refers to the insidious hub-and-spoke system, not the great point-to-point system David R http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html http://www.thestreet.com/pf/markets/ericgillin/10107170.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 12:42 Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Big aircraft makers line up at Air Canada's door > In a message dated 9/12/2003 11:47:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > << Take in context. These are going to be for short- to medium-range, thin > routes. Southwest, Ryanair, JetBlue don't fly regional routes. >> > > DAL-Harlingen? SAN-MSY? ISP-PVD? JFK-SYR? STN-HHN? HHN-Aleghro? > STN-Pescara? They all fly regional routes, especially Ryanair. The effect of WN, > which is now becomming the effect of Ryanair, is that regional routes go down in > price and their loads go up. Then they are no longer thin. Oh, how about > STN-Karlsruhe-Baden?