Originally Posted by
spooldup
CVG moreso than CLE imo...
I dont think we will see any base closures in the near future. Probably see another 1 possibly 2 bases open next year, if I had to guess, LA area or NY.
I think they are done then. We have way too many bases already and it is clear the day turn model isnt working how they hoped, judging by the increase to nearly 75-80% day trips system wide originally, now down to closer to 50%.
For a base, the location needs to have enough dedicated gates to be considered suitable for a base. All the gates in LAX, for example, are common-use gates. Hence, why RDU is not yet a base. NY does not have enough departures and is not even in he top 15 stations. With the unfortunate fall of Spirit, my money is on another central US base and possibly another east coast base, but not NY. Just my 2 cents, but I could be totally wrong.