Originally Posted by
d3van
LOL. What's the difference? MIA is an AA hub, DEN is not. DEN is a UA hub, MIA is not.
Sigh. UA would be going from DEN-MIA as an out-and-back proposition, with only destination leisure travelers as their market. They gave up on MIA as any kind of continuing hub long ago.
AA, on the other hand, would be routing pax DEN-MIA with the idea that many of them would
continue on AA to Carribbean and South American destinations in the AA network. Because of AA's strength in these areas, it's natural that there would be more overall demand for DEN-MIA, because a large portion of travel itineraries would actually be DEN-MIA-xxx, with other destinations being final.
In UA's case, MIA would always be the final for pax from DEN.
Does this help explain why "even AA is running a 757 to MIA"?