A lot of talk about WN v. DL at ATL, got me thinking a little closer to home. Currently FL is located in Airside 4 with DL, while WN is nearly all by itself in Airside 2. Presumably they will consolidate into Airside 2, leaving an empty arm of Airside 4 with DL and several international flights. There are several FL flights out of MCO to cities where WN doesn't fly, and it'll be interesting to see if WN keeps those routes. In any case, the combined airline will knock out some F seats, eliminate redundant routes (reducing competition for some of the legacies on those routes), and open up some gate space.

DL de-hubbed MCO years ago in the face of heavy LCC competition, but has slowly started to add back routes with a focus on business travel and heavily-trafficked tourist routes. DL currently serves 15 cities (+2 seasonal) from MCO. With empty space down the hall and 1 less competitor, any chance they continue to add point-to-point to some other large cities?