Originally Posted by
15bachman
I feel like if they keep overlapping current UA routes, UA will begin to pick off mainline, and F9 replace em'. Look at PHX. Dropped by UA, Added by AAL and F9, and im anxious to see if Southwest decides to spare a plane or two and grow CLE, but I have my doubts, they inherited a nice operations base at CAK and are growing that. I want someone to replace MCI, I used it a ton. If SW would come in and (heres my christmas list ;P )
MSP (hoping delta starts mainline)
STL
MCI
DAL
HOU
PHX (eh, why not 3rd carriers a charm)
One thing i'll miss is the regional flights. We wont get them back unless a new hub is formed... not going to happen.
Very unlikely to see WN expansion at CLE. They simply do not have enough aircraft. Of the cities you suggest, IMO, STL is the only possible one - and a distant one for that for WN.
I doubt DL will put mainline on MSP - although there would certainly be room for SY to move into the market.
It would not be crazy for DL to upgrade CLE-DTW to mainline (simply defer retirement of a MD88) as part of an aggressive attempt to garnish customers away from UA. If only their FF plan wasn't horrid.