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Old Jan 11, 2017 | 6:52 pm
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Originally Posted by char777
It appears to be an even more obvious hole in AS' network from PDX. I get there's competition, but it's not that ridiculous. 4x UA, 4x WN, 2x F9. There are routes with much more competition than that ex-PDX. Sure, that's not nothing, but I would think even 2x 175s would be worth it for AS, especially with a hub on one end.
AS didn't do so well on this route before, and everyone else kept adding metal. They are willing to have a loss for only so long it seems. And one can route via SEA

Heck at one point AS even had an ANC-DEN. Sad that one is gone.
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