Wherever "Virgin America" does about its basing, LGA, DCA & BOS is something I don't see because they would be limiting themselves to the east coast. No LGA - California service. I see Virgin America doing longer flying. Virgin could fly DCA & LGA to Florida but that's saturated with JB and Song.
USAIR and PHL is another enigma, US has to fly where SW doesn't. They has to turn PHL into more of an international hub. US needs to fly to unique destinations SW would never go, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv, and any city in Europe with more then one million people they don't fly to. Why US never flew from PHL to Tokyo has always bothered me. US has to offer something SW doesn't because they are not going to compete on price. US also to to protect its longer haul routes to the west from PHL & its traffic to LGA, DCA and BOS.
SW is going strong to Providence, but traffic going to Boston via PRO is price sensitive, traffic via BOS will pay more for the convenience, will the price have a large enough premuim? I don't know US needs more A330 or A340 adn find soen new parts of the world, Tokyo here we come.
USAIR and PHL is another enigma, US has to fly where SW doesn't. They has to turn PHL into more of an international hub. US needs to fly to unique destinations SW would never go, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv, and any city in Europe with more then one million people they don't fly to. Why US never flew from PHL to Tokyo has always bothered me. US has to offer something SW doesn't because they are not going to compete on price. US also to to protect its longer haul routes to the west from PHL & its traffic to LGA, DCA and BOS.
SW is going strong to Providence, but traffic going to Boston via PRO is price sensitive, traffic via BOS will pay more for the convenience, will the price have a large enough premuim? I don't know US needs more A330 or A340 adn find soen new parts of the world, Tokyo here we come.