So is the A220 coming to the ATL???
02-04-2021, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by hvydvr
San Antonio metro with 1.5 million says hi. Less than 60 minute drive. And again, one region is growing. One region is not. Hell, there a better argument for a base in MCO than BOS.
Boston is the 10th largest metro area in the US. While not growing as fast as Austin it is still growing, has more than double the population, and has a huge corporate travel base.
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02-04-2021, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by hvydvr
Boston pop./ per capita income: 692,600 / $64,783
Austin pop.: 950,807 / $61,977
In less than 5 years, Austin is going to dwarf Boston. More people. More money. Not having a significant presence in TX is going to leave a mark sooner or later.
Austin pop.: 950,807 / $61,977
In less than 5 years, Austin is going to dwarf Boston. More people. More money. Not having a significant presence in TX is going to leave a mark sooner or later.
Lots of money. The city limits of Boston doesn’t tell the story.
02-04-2021, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by hvydvr
San Antonio metro with 1.5 million says hi. Less than 60 minute drive. And again, one region is growing. One region is not. Hell, there a better argument for a base in MCO than BOS.
added to AUS 2.0 MSA
= San Marcos, TX base covering AUS, SAT and HYI
It's easier covering those three than EWR, LGA and J effin K
and about the same as LAX/SNA
I've heard it from top carbon based life forms. (FOM update compliant)
02-05-2021, 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by EDVPLT
I wouldn't count on it anytime soon. Doesn't really make sense sending it to Atlanta where you could just as easily fill an A320 or 737.
02-05-2021, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Dash8Pilot
Boston is the 10th largest metro area in the US. While not growing as fast as Austin it is still growing, has more than double the population, and has a huge corporate travel base.
The notion that "there can be only one" WRT future bases is silly. DL has (and still does) open very expensive new bases with as little as a single flight a day in mind (obviously long haul in those extreme cases). There are many airport markets (aka "cities") more than big enough to justify a narrowbody pilot domicile and BOS is and always be one of them. What gets in the way for DL is the million fleet type philosophy force multiplied with marketing being the upperclassman fraternity bosses and flight ops being the pledges. Every flight MUST be a different plane from a different base.
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