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Aug 19, 2019 | 7:19 pm
#17
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SJC/SFO
Programs: WN A+ CP, UA 1MM/*A Gold, Mar LT Tit, IHG Plat, HH Dia
Posts: 6,377
Maybe all the purple you see is just Grimace changing clothes in the gate area?
Aug 21, 2019 | 9:52 am
#18
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, AS MVP, UA Silver, WN A-List, Marriott LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 53,011
There was an accident at MCI in the mid-90's involving a cargo DC-8, killing the crew. Only time in my life I can recall local news about a large aircraft crashing at or near MCI.
Aug 21, 2019 | 11:33 am
#19
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,791
Its not just about ability to operate non-stop to Asia. It's about connection opportunities. By using ANC as a hub, being roughly enroute to most of South East Asia from most of the US, they can have 10 flights from around the US fly to ANC, sort the packages and then have 10 flights to 10 Asian cities. Thus creating a lot of efficient one-stop routing from the US to Asia, where the alternative would be 2-stops most likely, to the US-hub and then to the Asia destination and then to the onward city. E.g. DEN to SIN package can route one-stop via ANC Vs DEN-MEM-HKG-SIN or something like that.