Originally Posted by
hvnflyer
Why would AA be so foolish with Yale University just a couple miles away and 1 million people in the catchment area ?
Well, from HVN it's 56 miles by road to BDL and the same distance to HPN. And AA can pull people to those airports with the advantage of a bigger network. If a startup finds much success at HVN then AA can always come in and compete later.
Originally Posted by
hvnflyer
Just before the pandemic the 2 HVN-CLT flights were doing quite well with 70% load factors with Republics E175s
70% doesn't sound very good for pre-pandemic.