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Originally Posted by OrdoSeclorum
While certainly important, I disagree. Time and again when you hear about reasons for businesses to relocate (or remain) in the city, or why an event is held in Chicago, and the answer given is the number of destinations that can be reached from Ohare, not the number of people transferring planes there.
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I am certain those businesses, when they refer to destinations, are referring to key international cities and major domestic cities - not Sheboygan, Wisconsin or Napoleon Dynamite's town. Destinations wise, O'Hare's coverage is comparable to Atlanta. When businesses cite O'hare, they're saying it's sufficient for their needs, which doesn't mean O'Hare can't be improved.
Regardless, destinations served has no bearing on aircraft size (except for Sheboygan, Wisconsin and towns in Idaho). As I said, American and United are using tiny planes from Chicago to major cities. O'Hare is the only hub where regional jets (united express, american eagle) far exceed mainline flights. I read a stat somewhere that almost 60% of all "American" airlines flights are actually subcontracted regional jet flights.
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