Originally Posted by
Ripinpeace
In the article I posted earlier; VP Network noted nearing around 80 daily departures (including partners) when next Spring has around 60 loaded. That’s with around 6 gates - Delta is set to receive 15 in 2030 (and hopefully more) making nearly on par volume wise with BOS.
2030 is a long way away - the aviation landscape is going to be very different in 5 years. I expect many LCC mergers in the next 3 years - down to 2-3 large LCCs. (ie: Breeze and Avelo merge, Spirit/Frontier try again and merge, Alaska and JB merge). For the majors, I don't see a merger unless one of us bought a large LCC.
I do think it's in the company's best interest to grow a hub in AUS. I've said it before, it's well located - look at a map of our hubs and there is a huge hole in the south central US. MCI is too small a market, DFW has American, no way to compete against that. Houston has United.
If I were in network planning, I'd start throwing the A220 in there, it's the perfect location with a great O/D market and good locations for connections -
booming tech, business, and tourism traffic. Carefully upsize with the 320/737 where needed.
Example markets:
https://imgur.com/a/5T0MOcj