Originally Posted by
BlueScholar
They said that ***for now***. We’re buying what, 500 aircraft over the next few years? Where else are we gonna park them? Kirby wants to take the fight to the regionals and we have no presence in the SE. the odds of us turning Tampa or Orlando into a full fledged hub are much higher than not. Maybe it will be 2024, maybe 2044 but I bet anything a new hire will see it happen during their career.
Building a SE hub is some airliners.net type wishful thinking as it is a costly endeavor to build a hub from scratch. Realistically, we will see a combo of older NB frames retired, small growth with undeveloped hubs and mainline growth via upgauaging regional routes…