<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SDF_Traveler:
The Detroit area actually has the largest Iraqi exile population in the United States.
However, with the NW/KL hub in Amsterdam, it would only make sense for the flights to stop there to pick up additional passengers which may of originated at other NW/KL gateway cities (BOS, SEA, MEM, MSP, EWR, LAX, SFO, MEX, YYZ, etc) so that pax could connect onto BGW.
Lastly, I'm not sure if the DC10-30 would have the range to do DTW-BGW with a full load of pax and cargo. In addition to pax, I suspect there will be a heavy demand for cargo services into BGW as the country re-builds.
Best,
SDF_Traveler
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Excellent points. No argument here against them. In time we will see.