Originally Posted by Vulcan
Everything we heard at the Houston DO indicated that the most likely initial routes would be out of Houston, with Europe (at that time) more likely to get the first flights. The problem with the Asia flights is that they take 2 aircraft to operate with the aircraft sitting many hours there ( 20 hours in HKG) doing nothing.
And herein lies why Continental should serve two, not just one, destination in the US!
Cycling the equipment to two destinations makes sense. The aircraft could shuttle between Asian and European destinations, to maximize aircraft utilization. I don't know if IAH is necessarily the perfect hub for such a plan, but it has worked for LGW, CDG and AMS.