Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
the problem with IAH is that it over flys Chicago Newark and Dulles and in some aspects SFO which are all stronger international bases.
So IAH has to stand on its own for any new markets.
Originally Posted by
JimmyS
It seems like the IAH is the red headed step child of the larger bases.
When I think widebodies/International at IAH… I just think of the lighted G7 spikes. I mean for many people “the world” is basically a codeword for the countries represented on those sculptures. So it’s already a global mega hub right?
Houston obviously doesn’t have the “international” diasporic communities that exist in say IAD, EWR, SFO,LAX but it sure does have industrial and commercial connections globally…….and a lot more of that than say Denver …which seems to get new international markets….not to mention 3 and a half hours up I-45……Wetin Dey happen? Amellykin have many many big plane dat go all over de wurl.
So your stepchild characterization in my view is not as strange as some would make you think. Thats not to say I forecast any change though.