Originally Posted by
prismwiz
I use the word "hub" to mean different things for different airlines.
Fair enough. People in the industry would disagree. A carrier that doesn't offer connections doesn't have a hub. Look at the FR route map vs the WN route map. Very similar, yet you call WN a point to point carrier and FR a hub and spoke carrier yet FR will not let a passenger book a connection itinerary and WN will. In fact I would argue that WN on the east coast has built a true connecting hub at BWI. How much of the PVD/ALB/BDL/BUF/ISP/PVD-BWI traffic is O&D? I bet less than 60%.
I would hope things are getting tense in Burlingame, I (and everyone else paying attention) could tell you that!
Maybe I was being a bit coy. I will not disclose the rumors I have heard except to say that VX management now is aware how grim the situation is. I don't think they will make 2009.