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Mar 11, 2012 | 2:46 pm

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Originally Posted by Cattle Airlines

1 flight a day is usually not cost effective in terms of ground handling unless they can find a reasonably price ground handler. AA?

What other opportunities does AS have for longer distance flights? The could beef up Portland, OR to fly to the same cities as they do from Seattle. Or how about:

Hartford, CT
White Plains, NY
Washington Dulles
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
San Antonio, TX
New Orleans

Delta has ~30 flights a day at MCI. Surely Delta can be contracted for ground handling.

We're going far afield of the OP's MCI announcement, but have you checked DOT Table 6 passenger count data (or equivalent) for those SEA-xxx routes you're suggesting?

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