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Old Feb 9, 2018, 3:08 pm
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Originally Posted by Chugach


I think a lot of it has to do with Houston being dominated by UA and WN at either end of the city. But if they’re serious about being the west coast airline of choice, it’s one of those markets they will need to step up in (unless their leisure enthusiast focus is deterring them).
Basically this. Note how AS has more service to AUS than to IAH, despite that metro Austin has maybe a third of the number of residents of metro Houston. AUS has year-round 2x 737 to/from SEA and 1x year-round 737 to PDX. IAH only has one year-round 737 to SEA and one extra seasonal.
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