CLT has the lowest percentage of originating traffic for any major airline hub. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 90 percent of traffic through Charlotte Douglas Int'l is connecting traffic.
If and when USAirways ceases operations, other airlines will increase the number of flights they offer between CLT and their hubs, but it is highly unlikely another carrier will hub out of CLT.
Northwest has Memphis to serve the southeast.
Delta has Atlanta.
American, Dallas/ Miami.
United, Wash D.C at Dulles/ United still in bankrupcy and USAir code share partner
Contenintal, code share partner with Northwest.
USAirways still has about 7000 active employees in Charlotte and several thousand on furlough. I think it will hit the local economy pretty hard it USAir fails.
I happen to be one of the furloughee's hoping for a change in management before it's too late.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. 🙂