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Originally Posted by the Genral
I'm surprised Southwest didn't jump on that route unless they knew its not going to be profitable. Makes me think Alaska Airlines is willing to take the risk in order to get more recognition. Expect the service to be short lived though, then maybe JetBlue will try. More realistic might be a San Jose, Austin, and an East Coast destination with no plane change in Austin. Usually can get back in the air within an hour.
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I have no hard evidence, but from everything I've heard the "Nerd Bird" was always quite full. When the news came out that AA was cutting the service, many were shocked because it didn't make sense. Alaska Airlines wouldn't pick up this route if they didn't think it would be profitable, and they wouldn't start flying out of ABIA just to get name recognition. I don't they would fly out of any market for that reason, but if so it would probably be a major airport like DFW of IAH.
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