Originally Posted by
MikeyZBT
Why would you want a niche out of the SEA/Alaska market? The population center up there is so small it doesn't make sense. Seattle is just about the same size as San Diego and has no nearby medium-large cities to connect to. LA and SF are MUCH larger areas with MUCH larger population bases.
If VX is going to look for a secondary market on the west coast, San Diego would offer the benefit of closer connection cities (LAX, TUS, PHX, LAX, etc.) and also with better weather in SAN vs. SEA, you will have less delays.
So your saying San Diego is the place to go because of better weather & shorter distances?! Shorter distances are bad if anything in the States because more people will drive. You also forget that the corportate market out of Seattle is huge. Microsoft & Boeing (to name 2) are massive users of the airlines. Yields will be much higher out of Seattle. However, it will have to break the grip that Alaska/Horizon have on the place. Seattle - Anchorage could work but if VX were to fly from anywhere to there it would be San Francisco.
Originally Posted by
aviators99
I think LAX and SFO is plenty for one coast.
Yeah, for now
