Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets;[url=tel:4013372
4013372]I don’t disagree with you but INTL flying requires connections unless the flight can stand on its own.
who will connect through IAH to get anywhere in the world outside of central and South America…..SYD works because it picks up connections from east of the Mississippi and it’s on the way. You could make a case for South Africa but at the moment we don’t have the slots and the distance is just a bit to far for any aircraft to fly it profitably.
Bingo
IAH is geographically limited in the companies ability to funnel network traffic through for international connections. From just about anywhere in the Midwest and southern states there is a better hub, going in the correct direction to most intl destinations. Unless that destination is South America, which just flat out does not have the travel density to support large scale widebody flying on a EWR/SFO scale. The entire continent has less than 6% of the global population. It’s just the reality of the geography. Clearly the bean counters know exactly how much O&D traffic there is and have deemed it more profitable to route it through a coastal hub.
Originally Posted by jdavk;[url=tel:4013863
4013863]Yeah, I guess that explains why Air New Zealand, ZipAir, ANA and ITA have moved in since the merger, eh?
Draw a circle around those places like Japan, Korea or Singapore. Depending on carrier they may have access to 25-50% of the entire global population to feed their network.
From a numbers and geography standpoint, IAH will never win for intl travel it just will not. It will serve its purpose in the domestic market and the limited intl fly it does service, but it’s a cog in the machine of making money serving its purpose.
John Paxson may not have been the superstar MJ and Scotty Pippin were, but he was still an important part of the team and they wouldn’t have won as many championships as they did without him.
Otherwise, you’re free to bid/move some where the flying is more to your liking.