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Jan 2, 2010 | 9:29 am

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Originally Posted by formeraa

This is the most preposterous statement that I've heard in years. SLC is not that small and is -- in effect -- DL's western hub.

That being said, NRT is important Asian hub, generates a ton of revenue, and I would question DL management's sanity if they give up the NRT hub.

Much bigger planes, on average. Much longer flights, on average. Does anybody want to do a seat-mile comparison between NRT and SLC?

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