Originally Posted by bluespoon

They can introduce services all they want, the fact is if you fly on DL you still have to connect through a hub unless you’re flying hub to hub. NE to FL through ATL on Delta is about twice as long as flying non stop on us. You can have all the champagne flowing and free wifi all day, a 3 hour non stop trip is better than a 6 hour trip through ATL. But still we are so small now, what’s interesting is can they sustain these random routes where there’s no competition. How many of these small city routes can there be unless there’s no more regional flying by mainline. Who knows