Originally Posted by
fliesdelta
In fact, I do that most of the time. Last year I flew RDU-Bay Area fourteen times, with two of them being non-stop to SFO on AS. The rest of the time, RDU-XXX-SJC.
Would also love to see RDU - SJC.
It's the perfect type of route for the A220 if DL ever uses/is allowed to use the listed range of the A220 (especially with additional range coming from 2H 2020). Essentially a long, thin domestic route using the A220 the way UA has used the 787 for long, thin international routes.
In fact the A220 would be a perfect plane to try and make a go of SJC as a focus city -- it has the range to try and add some longer routes but still keeps capacity fairly low. As least as far as I can tell you could easily use the A220 (assuming you can use full range) on routes like SJC - BOS, SJC - JFK, SJC - ATL, SJC - AUS, etc and add the frequency benefits that SFO has without killing capacity