Originally Posted by
ancman
Five years in the airline industry is an eternity. What Delta decides to do with AUS between now and then is anyone’s guess. Southwest still eclipses Delta there (in a huge way), and will absolutely draw up a play for those gates as well. Until dozens of Delta airplanes are sitting at AUS gates with the APU turned off in July, a hub is pure speculation.
Southwest has closed their FA base in AUS. It would be highly unlikely to see them ramp things back up.