Originally Posted by
sbbutler93
I don't think there's a public reason. Rumor I heard was that PIT was trying to get as much room for Peoplexpress in C as they wanted to make PIT a focus city...well that turned out well.
The PEX strategy was interesting -- move into hubs that the majors have moved out of -- but execution was of course a full disaster. Perhaps another entrant will come along and do it better but airports like PIT had better get their money up front.