Pit Traffic Down For Us Airways

[BoeingBoy]

Traffic down for US Airways, up for others

Wednesday, May 12, 2004
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The newest numbers on Pittsburgh International Airport passenger traffic concurrently offer a dose of reality and a measure of hope to officials preparing to cope without a US Airways hub.

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Jim

 

[BoeingBoy]

PIT Trib-Review take on the issue....

Northwest's Memphis route returns; local air traffic gets lift

By Thomas Olson
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Northwest Airlines said Tuesday it will resume daily flights to Memphis in August -- just the latest sign that passenger traffic at Pittsburgh International Airport is looking up.

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[funguy2]

Interesting spin between the two papers...

However, it seems like US Airways is flowing less passengers through its PIT hub (as a result of having less available seats), but O&D traffic (since I am assuming few AA air AirTran pax make connections) may be getting stronger based on low-fare availability (i.e. AirTran and America West) and service additions (i.e. AA and NW). This shows that PIT will indeed survive after US Airways, and would offer support to theories that the area might be better served without a hub (i.e. BNA or RDU)...