Originally Posted by
luitje
I believe BA has actually got too many cities in the US, I wouldn't be surprised if they actually drop a few and adjust frequency/metal to others. I am not aware of revenues/loads, but I don't see how they can justify flying to SJC, which is only 30 miles away from SFO. BWI, SAN, and AUS are the other three BA may consider axing for the proximity of bigger hubs. MSP is the only one I think they may consider, but with almost no presence of their partners in this hub, BA may struggle to fill their planes (from what I know DL10 loads are pretty light on MSP-LHR route).
I'm sure BA does very, very well on SJC given it's proximity to Silicon Valley (much of which lies on the southern part of the area between SFO and SJC). South Bay has a higher population than SF / E Bay too. And believe, me the traffic on 101 connecting those 30 miles make it seem far, far more than that on any given day especially between 6-10a and 3-8p. Someone who would have to travel from say, Los Altos or Milipitas to SFO to catch the LHR flight is probably thrilled they can just goto SJC because it might save them up to three hours on the round trip between traffic and security lines.