Originally Posted by
epiding
looking at the passenger traffic by airline from DCA (pulled from wikipedia).... an AA+US combo would yield over 6 million passengers per year, greater than all other combined (and then some!!!).
Divestiture of slots would be absolutely required. I'm predicting UA gets the most, DL gets some (but not too much cuz its already 70% more than UA), and all the other smaller carriers get a lot more.
i predict a new LAX-DCA p.s. service, and more SFO-DCA service too. heck, they might even start a LHR-DCA service, which their 757s can do. that'd be hot.
Largest Airlines at DCA (December 2011 - November 2012)[33]
Rank Airline Passengers
1 US Airways 3,868,430
2 Delta Air Lines 2,525,842
3 American Airlines 2,280,828
4 United Airlines 1,556,481
5 JetBlue 845,838
6 AirTran Airways 772,785
7 Frontier Airlines 660,111
8 Alaska Airlines 336,124
9 Sun Country Airlines 68,807
10 Southwest Airlines 62,393
Here are the same figures for IAD
Largest Carriers at Dulles (December 2011 to November 2012)
1. United Airlines 8,939,961
2. ExpressJet (DL Connection, UAEx) 2,144,664
3. Mesa Airlines (UAEx, USEx) 1,080,831
4. Colgan Air (CO Connection, UAEx) 861,507
5. American Airlines 786,170
6. JetBlue Airways 694,483
7. Southwest Airlines 619,105
8. Trans States Airlines (UAEx) 578,521
9. Delta Air Lines 552,263
10. Virgin America 494,117
Why should the new AA have divest anything at DCA?