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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 2:12 am
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Adding 4 LGA-MKE flights probably has a lot more to do with the new hub at LGA than a focus on MKE. Is there more to this 20% increase than the LGA flights?

Originally Posted by Janus
Awesome, after Southwest moved in, I was worried DL would completely move MKE to only Connection carriers.
Southwest/Airtran have effectively replaced the downmarket part of the old Midwest's hub operation without touching the premium side. I think Southwest may actually have made it easier for Delta to expand by knocking Midwest/Frontier out of MKE (as a hub operation).

Hasn't Northwest expanded and contracted at Milwaukee several times, most recently deciding that investing in Midwest was a better option than expanding on their own metal 4 or 5 years ago?
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