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Old Jan 24, 2023 | 12:47 pm
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Originally Posted by ChurnieEls
To be fair, PHL users also have EWR (1hr30m) and arguably BWI (1hr45m) available to them within a reasonable travel distance.

Not a true 1 airport area like say somewhere like CLT would be (RDU being 2h40m away).
Originally Posted by Herb687
Any Philadelphian who would drive to BWI or EWR to then fly to CLE or ROC is not the type of passenger AA needs or wants!

Pre-HP merger US actually had a healthy yield premium over AA. So the pricing on PHL short-haul business markets has been consistently high over the years.
Yet, AA will fill a ROC-PHL seat for a $200 fare connection to Florida. United meanwhile has 737 service between EWR-ROC and capturing more O&D. It's not just Philadelphians that use PHL but those in a lot of surrounding counties that drive up to EWR resulting in PHL leakage. I wouldn't consider someone in Willow Grove, Yardley or Cherry Hill a Philadelphian.
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