When I read something, be it a book, a magazine or a newspaper article and the author claims detailed analysis, and then makes a glaring error all credibility is lost thereafter.
This link: Why the DOJ’s arguments against the American/US Airways merger are DOA – Part I
http://airchive.com/blog/2013/08/22/...re-doa-part-i/
Has this statement: What other airline wants to serve Fayetteville, North Carolina,
Manchester, Vermont, or Columbia, South Carolina from Reagan? Only a carrier with a true hub at the airport can sustain service to such small cities, which requires frequencies; ergo slot share.
NO airline serves Manchester, Vermont. It is a private airport, identified as VT59. It has a 1,900 foot runway that's turf!
Some research....