Originally Posted by
knope2001
There will probably be a lot more local traffic on DSM-MDW than DSM-MKE, although Des Moines-Chicago competes against other airlines while DSM-Milwaukee is a monopoly. Of course AirTran has very limited connectivity at Midway, so they're probably banking on the code share being ready by then.
I think you might be guessing pretty well. And the next addition to DSM would be what? DEN, PHX or LAS?
[MKE] increases YOY
+2 MSP
+1 DEN
+1 BOS
+1 PHX
With codeshare they might pickup former F9 customers lost out of MSP and certainly compete well with their connections through DEN.
What would you say the odds are of adding another MKE-LAS if connections would increase market share in MKE? WNs hub in LAS changes the whole game on MKE-LAS from what we always knew here.