Originally Posted by
MSYtoJFKagain
This is terrible news. LGB is one of my favorite facilities in the US.
Same here, anytime I need to go to the LA basin, it always makes so much more sense to fly into LGB given the low fares and the ease of the airport. How many airports are there in California when you can consistently arrive at the airport 30 minutes before your flight and go from curb to the gate in 2 minutes.
That being said, I wouldn't blame B6 for leaving or scaling back at all. They've put so much into the airport and community there and just got burned. Unfortunately there's nowhere they could create a hub that has the slots available that they have at LGB. Maybe we'll see them do more point to point flying and abandon the west coast hub idea completely.