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Old Jan 30, 2012, 2:40 am
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Originally Posted by danielonn
I would love to see Mainline service from SJC-LAX, SJC-JFK,SJC-PHL etc. SJC needs more nonstop flights to and from JFK a redeye SJC-JFK flight would be nice leaving SJC at 10:30 arriving JFK around 6:45 and a JFK-SJC flight leaving at 6:30 PM arriving SJC around 9:00 and an early morning flight to JFK as well.
Quick question- do you see UA or AA running tons of flights from ORD and MDW? DFW and DAL?

Not so much, no. Yes, there's JFK and LGA- except NYC is slot restricted (and a much larger market than the Bay Area), and the only airline that really runs a hub in both places is DL (AA's LGA stuff is mostly to hubs).

A second VX hub at SJC that largely duplicates SFO service doesn't strike me as very logical, especially since VX's network isn't exactly huge to begin with. It strikes me as a way to p*** away more cash in red ink doing something dumb.
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