Originally Posted by
FormerNK
UA isn’t interested in getting big in FLL, sure they’d welcome more business there, but they are more interested in MIA. According to the VP of network planning last year, he apparently said it was better to buy our way into MIA, than grow in FLL. I’m paraphrasing of course, but that was the gist…
I remember being in DEN when Kirby came through. He was asked about FLL and the NK gates/FLL hub possibility. He mentioned that FLL doesn’t have the infrastructure to be a hub. Only 2 runways and the NK gates (which is next to B6) is limited. NK owns something like 12 gates and hubs require a lot more than 12 gates. UA also
parks on the north side. It would be very inconvenient for a UA pax to run over to the south side and clear security again just to fly out of there.
Anything can happen, but I doubt FLL ever becomes a hub to compete with MIA. It’s just not there and probably will never be.