Originally Posted by ryane946
Alaska has a hub in Seattle. American has a hub in Miami. American, JetBlue, Delta, and Continental have hubs in New York/Newark. United has a hub in LAX.
These are not that "strategically located" for connecting flights, but they do work. I see your principle, but I think there are a lot more important things to base your airlines hub city on than geography alone. It would make for great connections to Mexico.
Alaska Seattle hub is for connecting the states with the state of Alaska.
American in Miami is for all the South America/caribbean routes they run. Have you been to Miami? I think everyone there is from S. America/Carib. JFK/EWR hubs are to connect the states to the European routes. Would take more gas to fly nonstop from st louis to London as opposed to JFK and london. Also, the population density in the Northeast corridor of the US is really packed. United in LAX is big there because they run a lot of Asian/pacific routes, here again, makes sense to have a hub closest to that part of the country.