Originally Posted by
PowerFlyer
1. If its a key business destination from LAX and it fits their S-curve models (i.e. business travel starting in LA goes to Chicago often; DL doesn't care about the other direction right now)
2. Key business contracts call for CHI/ORD in the RFP. I don't know the LA market well enough to know but many corporate contracts in NYC call for CHI nonstop (in addition to LAX, SFO, LHR, etc.)
I would agree with you except that they seem to want to be #1 or #2 in LA and they are filling in the other points on the map. At this point, Denver, Houston, and Chicago are the biggest missing spots.
And Washington DC.
Originally Posted by
cubachao
Frontier and Spirit put hands into Chicago and lax market, will DL follow them? Right now AA, UA, VX offers non stop from ORD, southwest fly from MDW, any space for DL?
I think at some point it will happen. Space is kind of limited right now though.