Originally Posted by
flyingreasemnky
The only reason RAH has a domicile there is because they have some weird thing about crew domiciles being co-located with maintenance bases.
Not really..., Republic has a handful of flights at PIT as Delta Connection; and United Express; and US Airways Express; and American Eagle. Add them all up and it makes sense for Republic to have a base at PIT.
Originally Posted by
FirstClass
I think the best anyone can hope for would be Southwest or Frontier wanting to make a larger presense but that's really about it.
Agreed on Southwest (Frontier doesn't even serve PIT). In fact, local rumors are about a major Southwest build up at PIT in 2016.
The US Airways dehubbing was 10 years ago and since then the local economy has stabilized around Eds/Meds, Financial and legal services, Robotics, and Energy. PIT will be just fine in the years ahead.