[QUOTE]Originally posted by SEA_Tigger:
[b]Well written, Randy.

Southwest, JetBlue, and AirTran "work" because they have carefully chosen their route structures to cater to the leisure traveller. A route structure, in some cases, a fifth that of what airlines like UA and AA fly domestically.

75% of Southwest business is business travel,but you are right about the route structure. Southwest route structure is linear instead of hub and spoke which makes better since. All the top 6 for the most part have you go though 2 to 3 hubs to get anywhere and if you have problems such as Denver last week, that can create major problems though out the system.