Originally Posted by
mersk862
Way back in the day (pre-9/11, I think summer of 2000 or so), DL did have a BDL-JFK flight on a 767-300. Was done for international connections and to ease up on gate space at JFK.
LGA is definitely a slot squat though (as are PVD, ALB and to a lesser extent ORH). That being said, it does make DL more of an option for connections, notably in the Virginia/North Carolina area where ATL/DTW are a bit out of the way.
As someone routing out of ALB all the time, these flights are filling up regularly. ALB dumped the 1x/day MSP and picked up the 3x/day LGA and fares overall are high and planes are full (I haven't gotten the ALB/ATL upgrade as a PM in months... used to be easy). So it might be squatting...but I also am super thankful for way more connection points.