Originally Posted by
ImSoSuss
Really? Horrible take. How much has that DFW profit been helping us out?Do you know how many premium customers that are either in Chicago or connect through Chicago that pay top dollar for tickets that we lost out on because we decided 10 years ago to reduce our flying there? So sick of hearing that DFW is a money maker for us when we trail our peers by so much.
Correct. DFW and ATL are nice mid-continent mega-hubs with little competition. United doesn't have one of those. It would be extremely foolish of American to give them one for free. I think we make money there but even if we lost a little bit, checking United would be worth the effort. Growing CLT to put pressure on ATL is a similar case. CLT will probably never equal ATL but every single marginal passenger that it pulls from Delta is valuable.