Originally Posted by
6P&E
Your're right, in part or at least in the initial hub design, but in the last expansion (@1992) of the BNA hub before its complete shutdown in 1995, AA had vastly expanded its routes from BNA to the west, in part to provide a service from Southeastern cities that RDU did not provide.
For anyone interested in the history of the BNA & RDU hubs you can go to the
airline hubs page at departedflights.com
Number of Daily Departures at Airline Hubs
Over Multi-Year Periods
The following pages show the number of daily departures operated by airlines at various hubs and how those numbers changed over a period of years.
AA Nashville Hub 1991-1995
AA Raleigh/Durham Hub 1987-1995