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Old Sep 6, 2005, 9:08 am
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Originally Posted by NeoOfTheCRS
earlier this year they had an ERJ running the route which was an upgrade from the Beechcraft BUT it was always horribly late for no apparent reason other than groundhandling delays. Terribly frustrating for such a short route in a relatively uncrowded airspace (neither EYW or FLL were PHL!)
True, but doesn't FLL have its own set of problems such as only 1 operational runway for commercial traffic? Isn't that a primary reason why the "mini-hub"/"focus city" at FLL has been scaled back?
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