Originally Posted by
rtalk25
Then again, a market like ISP might be too far (i.e. longer flight), and I don't know if AA really has long term plans to be there with JFK one hour away. Another one might be ABE. There is no Amtrak near the Allentown area and there might be some O&D it can get on an ABE-DCA while still having a very short flight that leaves around 6am and gets into DCA before 7am. Plus it can move some connecting to Florida traffic through DCA over a longer CLT flight.
Before 9/11, ABE had USX flights on DH8s to DCA and BOS, along with mainline service to MCO.