<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ILoveEFD:
As for why they do it...One word...Southwest. They don't want guys like me taking Southwest out of Hobby..rather than dealing with the nightmare that is IAH.</font>
Actually, this isn't the reason. The main reason that CO continues to serve EFD is that they receive a federal government subsidy to do so (I'm not sure if it comes from NASA, DOT, DOD, or some other agency) which allows it to remain profitable. Note that prior to 9/11/01, CO also served HOU-IAH in a similar manner, although sometimes with a 737. This service never resumed after 9/11 because of lack of profitability. They had also recently started HOU-NYC service, but decided to drop all HOU service as of 9/11.