Originally Posted by
indufan
I don't know how much Delta ever bought into that. When CVG was a fortress, people in search of a bargain fleed to SDF, IND, and DAY. Interestingly enough, back in the day, they even ran those short routes back to the hub that some were fleeing. Even today in ATL they run pretty much full ops to CHA and BHM and others.
I am still not saying your point is without merit. And to answer the OPs question, I don't think there is a snowballs chance in hell of any additional hubs being served soon from ORH.
And NW/DL used to run DTW-FNT/TOL back in the day. I'd say they've clearly evolved their strategy and are reluctant to serve routes that are less than 2 hours drive time of their hubs these days (DTW-LAN/AZO/MBS all remain and are in that ballpark). I doubt you'd see CVG-DAY still flying if CVG was still a hub.