Originally Posted by
CincoDeMayo
Not that simple. If those regional gates are occupied by AA or UAL regionals, don’t think for a minute the ORD airport authority will hand them over to Spirit, against the wishes of AA and UAL
Look at DFW, the gates used to be Airways. Airways merges with AA and a week later, AA is stacking regionals at those gates. DFW airport knows where their “bread is buttered,” and so does ORD
Except the regionals are dying. And even if the legacies pick up that flying with A220s, they’ll use less gates than legions of 50 seaters. And the gates won’t sit empty long if others can use them.