Originally Posted by
C11DCA
UAL planned to have a MCO hub back in 1991. Started building it up but then they bought the Pan Am Latin network in 1992. So that killed the MCO plan.
But calling MIA a hub is pushing it. A focus city with a crew domicile would be more appropiate.
http://www.departedflights.com/MIA99intro.html
in 1999:
Domestic Destinations Served:
Atlanta, Chicago O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, New York LaGuaria, Newark, Orlando, Washington Dulles,
Washington National
http://www.departedflights.com/UAMIAhub.html
based on the above link MIA peaked at 36 flights a day (subject to months not reported)
Tomatoe - tomato. We had a 777 crew base in MIA flying SA routes as I recall (the remnants of the Pan AM purchase). It was a pretty sweet gig. Sure would love to have that option again.