Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
Looking at a 600-mile air-distance (90 mins gate to gate tolerable UX distance IMO) from UA hubs, you get the following map
There are few coverage gaps
-- Northwest -- SEA has service from multiple hubs, eastern Washington State, upper Idaho are sparsely populated
-- Southeast -- this is mostly a Floride issue and multiple larger FL cities have multiple hub connections.
One advantage of a deep SE hub would be better Carribean coverage
I will take any reason or excuse to turn SEA back into a focus city or hub for UA.
. Then UA can own the west coast, including the "wet" portion of it.