Originally Posted by
bwhite
Okay, but what makes DTW more attractive than MEM/MSP/JFK/ATL? (Forget beauty which is only on the surface)
Given that travel is down, all hubs are down and have potential surplus capacity. Why not absorb it on an interim basis at hub XYX and if traffic returns in a year or two re-think it at that time? Other than being nice, which does nothing to the bottom line or network efficiency, why DTW when the DTW economic engine is also way down?
Hmm, don't know how to make it any clearer. Like I said, CO will freeing up 4 gates at McNamara which will revert back to DL control (since DL was subleasing to CO). My point was only that there will be additional gates available at DTW, nothing more. There may be spare capacity at other hubs as well, but I'm not as familiar with them. I'm not saying DTW is a better hub choice, but clearly the capacity is there.