Originally Posted by cova
I might add - it surprises me that CO did not take some of the IAH cancelled flights (aircraft) and add additional flights say from CLE. What are they going to do with the aircraft - just let them sit at remote (non-hub airports) and give everyone refunds.
They could for example added a flight or two from CLE to SAN to replace a couple of the IAH to SAN - these flights were already very full - and likely half the people were connecting.
I made this suggestion early on...and it was not so well received
Why not move these aircraft to other hubs and re-route the connecting pax on any available seat to the alternate connecting point (EWR/CLE) and fly to the destination as scheduled. That way, you are only worrying about IAH O/D pax during the cancellation days - and finding sufficient seats from the connectors' origin airport to EWR/CLE. I would think it could minimize disruption to traffic and revenue. Am I wrong? It's times like this we could really use a lurker to bounce ideas off