Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
AA was still flying 200+ daily flights out of STL in 2009. Don't you think AA should have recovered a bit from 9/11 8 years later?
Anyways, WN gladly took market share from AA at SLT and SJC, regardless of whatever reason AA had for leaving. They will gladly accept any market share AA will toss at them from PHX, PHL and CLT as well.
WN only took the O&D market share from AA at SJC. They did not establish a hub there to take any of the connecting traffic.
If AA pulls out of any more hubs, WN may step in with more service for the local population, but they aren't going to keep the connecting passengers coming there. Actually, given how much WN's economics have changed in the last few years, I don't think they would even do that anymore. Perhaps F9 or NK will.