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Jan 13, 2016 | 9:34 am

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Originally Posted by AlwaysAisle

Take this conversation of LAX expansion one step further, then in long term what will happen to PHX hub which is located close to LAX?

UA-CO merger, ORD and CLE were close to each other and eventually CLE hub was closed. Large operation at EWR and UA decided to completely move out of JFK.

DL-NW merger, DTW and CVG were close and CVG hub closed, and also ATL and MEM were close and MEM hub closed down.

In long term, will AA focus more on LAX than PHX?

You're taking it way too far. Compare the size of PHX origin and destination traffic to CLE, CVG, or MEM. PHX is #12 for domestic O&D passenger count; CLE, CVG and MEM don't make the top 30. #12 has more than twice the passenger count of #27, SLC by the way. There is far more to the economics of geography as they apply to airlines than your comparison can manage.

http://www.orlandoairports.net/stati...OandD_Rank.pdf

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