Originally Posted by
Baradium
A big part of this is that he's choosing to headquarter out of a city where Delta not only has a large presence, but already bases the aircraft he is hoping to use to advantage over other carriers due to the lower CASM. It just seems like one of the worst possible choices of location since Delta can easily put the same aircraft on the same routes.
Just because HQ is there doesn’t mean that will be a major city in their route structure.