Originally Posted by
pbarnette
Except there hasn't. At least not relative to overall industry and DL capacity. I'm too lazy to look up the numbers, but others have shown definitively that MSP has held up as well or better than pretty much any other DL hub. The cuts at MSP pale in comparison to the cuts at ATL or JFK. I mean, seriously, the only cuts anyone can point to are one flight to HNL and a few puddle jumpers to the back of beyond.
"Pale in comparison"? MSP has had far worse cuts in number of flights and available seat miles. In fact, MSP had the worst (or near worst) in those cuts among all of Delta's main hubs. Maybe you're solely thinking about destinations served, but that's a small piece of the puzzle. More important to most travelers is frequency of flights and number of seats to said destinations.
But, since you were too lazy to look things up, I present some facts below:
Based on number of flights operated by Delta Air Lines, losses between 2010-2011:
- DTW lost nearly 29% the number of flights in 2011 compared to 2010
- MSP lost nearly 24% the number of flights in 2011 compared to 2010
- LGA lost nearly 18% the number of flights in 2011 compared to 2010
- SLC lost nearly 15% the number of flights in 2011 compared to 2010
- JFK lost nearly 15% the number of flights in 2011 compared to 2010
- ATL lost nearly 7% the number of flights in 2011 compared to 2010
http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Data_Elements.aspx?Data=2
Based on number of Available Seat Miles (ASMs) flown by Delta Air Lines, losses between 2010-2011:
- MSP lost nearly 19% the number of ASMs in 2011 compared to 2010
- SLC lost nearly 19% the number of ASMs in 2011 compared to 2010
- LGA lost nearly 17% the number of ASMs in 2011 compared to 2010
- JFK lost nearly 16% the number of ASMs in 2011 compared to 2010
- ATL lost nearly 14% the number of ASMs in 2011 compared to 2010
- DTW lost nearly 12% the number of ASMs in 2011 compared to 2010
http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Data_Elements.aspx?Data=4
I guess there used to be
a lot of puddle jumping to the "back of beyond". Spin away.