Originally Posted by
sfozrhfco
Instead they squat on their slots flying 10 round trips a day between LGA and PHL--a route far better served by Amtrak.
This sort of comment pops up often when discussing (very) short flights, but how do you propose that USAirways, with its primary international gateway in PHL, serve NY customers if they don't fly them to the hub? Do you really expect the airline to tell someone who calls up to book NYC-OSL that they should book Amtrak to Philly, use the local train to get to PHL, and then just book PHL-OSL with US? These flights are not primarily there to serve the local market; they are there to get passengers from a major market to the airline's hub and into the network.