The Big Three Airlines Have An Impressive Hub System

[Palumboism]

Say want you want about United, Delta, and American, but their hub network is fantastic.  

United Airlines Hubs:
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Denver
Houston
Chicago
Washington DC
New York

United airlines route map

[Dave D]

Flat map = Flat earth.

[Palumboism]

Delta Hubs

Cincinnati
Detroit
Atlanta
John F. Kennedy International Airport (New York–JFK)
LaGuardia Airport (New York–LGA)
Boston
Los Angeles
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Salt Lake City
Seattle–Tacoma

Delta Airlines Route Map

[ratherbebig]

haha yes.

i often spend my saturdays thinking about airlines.

people call me a fucking moron.

and theyre right.

[Palumboism]

American Airlines Hubs

Los Angeles
Phoenix
Dallas
Miami
Charlotte
Chicago
Washington DC
Philadelphia
New York   

American Airlines Route Map

[Dave D]

What's even more fascinating is that there isn't more accidents like in air collisions or emergency landings. As much of a pain travel can be the airlines really do an excellent job keeping everything safe.

[ratherbebig]

this is what it takes to keep the airlines safe

[Palumboism]

What's even more fascinating is that there isn't more accidents like in air collisions or emergency landings. As much of a pain travel can be the airlines really do an excellent job keeping everything safe.

The airplane traffic controllers around New York city have a difficult job as this time lapse shows.  Skip to the 1:15 mark.

[tres_taco_combo]

who cares about US travel?

china is in the process of taking over the global air travel world soon. its happening now.

blue sky laws make it hard for US carriers to have flights over to china - they stacked the chips in their favor

bbing related - I love those ginger cookies on one of the airlines

[SF1900]

The airplane traffic controllers around New York city have a difficult job as this time lapse shows.  Skip to the 1:15 mark.

I knew a guy who was an air traffic controller in NYC. He was making close to 150K a year. But, apparently if you make 3 mistakes, no matter how small, within a certain time frame, your ass is fired.

[SF1900]

who cares about US travel?

china is in the process of taking over the global air travel world soon. its happening now.

blue sky laws make it hard for US carriers to have flights over to china - they stacked the chips in their favor

bbing related - I love those ginger cookies on one of the airlines

[tres_taco_combo]

red white and blue all day baby but lets be real, the population in china, the advancement of the middle class, they are hungry for succes

https://www.kuickresearch.com/press-China-Set-to-Dominate-Global-Aviation-Industry-Investment-Landscape.php

there are 10000s of articles how it is coming

they just created their own plane (c919) they have more orders for Boeing 737s then all other nations, etc

20 years aint too far away

[tres_taco_combo]

airline talk makes me dick hard - good post

[Dokey111]

I told you:

China

[Dave D]

red white and blue all day baby but lets be real, the population in china, the advancement of the middle class, they are hungry for succes

https://www.kuickresearch.com/press-China-Set-to-Dominate-Global-Aviation-Industry-Investment-Landscape.php

there are 10000s of articles how it is coming

they just created their own plane (c919) they have more orders for Boeing 737s then all other nations, etc

20 years aint too far away

China is known for making quality products. I'm sure their airlines will shut down American air travel.

[tres_taco_combo]

I told you:

China

#obvi  


excited to see when they new Max is done in a BBJ format (737)

[Irongrip400]

As far as US airlines, nobody beats Delta as far as I'm concerned. Lufthansa is is the best I've flown on outside of the US.

[TuHolmes]

As far as US airlines, nobody beats Delta as far as I'm concerned. Lufthansa is is the best I've flown on outside of the US.

I used to really like Virgin America in the US, but worldwide, I have a soft spot for British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.

Lufthansa is great though.

[Palumboism]

I used to really like Virgin America in the US, but worldwide, I have a soft spot for British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.

Lufthansa is great though.

Virgin America's merger with Alaskan airlines created a powerful West coast airline.  I expect Alaskan to eventually acquire more hubs in the East.   

[TuHolmes]

Virgin America's merger with Alaskan airlines created a powerful West coast airline.  I expect Alaskan to eventually acquire more hubs in the East.   

If they mix in some of the Virgin America things into Alaskan, I will be pretty happy. I think from a service perspective, VA was great, but they were letting their fleet get run down.

[tres_taco_combo]

China is known for making quality products. I'm sure their airlines will shut down American air travel.

what i am trying to say is that Chinese airlines have big pockets, big new group of possible fliers and they stack their chips for own there.  Chinese airlines are not going to fly Denver to Dallas etc but long term on a global level, the Chinese will kill it.  all the aviation jounrals like CAPA have some legit details about it.

the US airlines get a raw deal against the foreign (Emirates for example) get government subsidies on another level. US airlines still compete in the market.

good to see the DOJ did drop the airline collusion lawsuit


airline financing on this level is nutty, EETCs and ABS market is unique as its gets.

[calfzilla]

There is only one airline getbiggers should fly.

[TheAnimal]

China

[Irongrip400]

There is only one airline getbiggers should fly.

The only airline I ever fly when headed to India.

[TheAnimal]

The only airline I ever fly when headed to India.

Business interests?