Originally Posted by
WiFly
This is not how it works. For example, let's say AA has 30 gates and 25 flights. AA loses 5 gates because the gate:flight ratio required is 1:1. Now AA has 25 gates and 25 flights, no further reductions occur.
So no, a snowball effect is not likely here.
but gate efficiency generally increases with more gates. it’s easier to shove 120 flights into 100 gates than it is to shove 12 flights into 10 gates in the same amount of time. flexibility…