Originally Posted by
R57 relay
I think they pulled out because they couldn't/wouldn't compete. For years we have been using some of the best facilities at LGA to run a bunch of DHC8s and RJs.
This is exactly correct...US was mostly a regional operator out of LGA with mainline flights to hubs and some Florida. And virtually nothing out of EWR or JFK meaning the business crowd (the supposed target market of US) tended to patronize the larger legacy carriers that offered a broad base of nonstop destinations.