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Old Mar 3, 2016 | 4:32 pm
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Originally Posted by REPUBLIC757
Most of UA's hubs are bad for weather related delays. ORD/EWR/SFO especially. IAH's flat growth is also affected since it's too far south for east/west connections and it's compounded by the local economy.

IAD should be expanded - EWR is the real problem in the network on many levels.
AA in DFW and the former US in PHX might argue differently about southern locations and east/west connections, but no doubt about the local economy. Unfortunately for Houston (and all of the oil-rich South), the bloodletting is only partially through.
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