Originally Posted by TWA Fan 1
9. Which Hubs Will Gain/Suffer? ORD and IAH are pretty solid no matter what. But you have to wonder if EWR will see flight volume go down, not so much because it isn't doing well financially, but because the facility is totally maxed out. And what of DEN, CLE, SFO?
EWR is far from maxed out. As noted in other threads, Terminal A has a lot of potential once its received its scheduled renovation (resurrection?). Assuming CO/UA moves all XJ/Dash service to terminal A (along with mainline overflow), capacity at C will be freed up.
SFO is safe - it provides a solid west coast alternative to LAX, and has good connections with *A partners (and LCCs). DEN & CLE are questionable, but will stick around for the moment; if I had to hazard a guess, I'd say DEN is safer than CLE, given UA's commitments and CO's historical link to the Denver market (it's a former CO HQ).