Originally Posted by
Tinpusher007
This is promising. It's great that we are attempting to spread our wings a bit more across the globe and compete on our own metal. I do wonder if there will be more of a balancing of the core hubs though. Like, is it necessary or even good network strategy to have ATL at 900+ flights a day while DTW sits at, what ~ 300? I think MSP and SLC are a little better. But ATL and DTW handle a lot of the same connecting flows from the northeast and southeast, respectively. DTW has been scaled down so much so that the B and C gates almost look mothballed at certain times of the day. Meanwhile money is being spent in ATL to widen concourse D (rightfully so) to accommodate more people.
Part of the problem with Detroit is it’s Detroit. I rarely go when I’m not waiting to get parked, late because bags aren’t loaded, waiting on a jet bridge driver, etc... We can’t grow there because as it stands we can’t handle what we have.