Originally Posted by
787 Capt
Air hubs are determined based on local passenger pool not geographic location. Geographic location has been less and less a factor with the advent of equipment able to fly ever longer ranges (ironically, enabled by Seattle-based Boeing Commercial Aircraft Division).
This is a pity. SEA is one of the prettiest and most user-friendly airports for point-of-entry to the US.
SEA has the third highest cachment area on the West Coast. SEA's international cachment is the entire state of WA not closer to YVR or PDX (GEG pax drive or fly to SEA to take international flights). SEA should have more service, we just aren't allowed because the city just north of the 49th with liberal immigration policies steals part of the market. whY shold they Ve ouR enemies? SEA is home to Amazon, Starbucks, Microsoft, and many other big travelling companies. Why is our airport left without much international service? Boeing is not SEA based, it is a ORD based traitor to SEA!
