Originally Posted by
VacancyBid
SA to MCO might be a niche. European leisure travel isn't high yield, but there's a lot of weathly south americans who like disney.
Still have a hard time imagining MCO as a hub because where are the connecting passengers coming from and where will they be going? Nashville to San Juan? ATL and CLT make such sense because ther are in the middle of the SE US not at one corner. MIA makes sense as a funnel to points south and because of the inherent size of south florida.
At some point it's not as much about local traffic. It's more about real estate. AA's traffic in CLT is 85% transient.
Sending NB and WB from MCO going south makes more sense then sending it all from EWR and IAD (especially when NE has weather issues).