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Old Jun 10, 2023 | 5:01 pm
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Originally Posted by spartacusmcfly
...The flaw in the argument 'UA needs AI feeder traffic' is metro size.

1. Metro size: ORD, IAH, SFO, DEN = 9M, 7M, 5M, 3M
2. Metro size: Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore = 33M, 23M, 20M

Major Indian city metro populations rival European countries.
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Mtro size is not relevant without adjusting for % of population likely to be involved in international travel and how frequent.
Suspect someone can come up with international O/D numbers that would be a better metric.
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