Quote Originally Posted by OUman View Post
Hmm, I thought AA kept the ATR bases at SJU and MIA. Guess I was unaware about both of them gone. I knew about AA mainline getting de-hubbed at SJU but I figured the ATRs would be kept for island-hopper feeding whatever's was left of the SJU mainline. But yeah I guess the Dash 8's of Piedmont would be good candidates for the new ATR's. I said Envoy because the DFW hub is a great fit for both the 42 and the 72, especially fuel-cost wise and all the intra-Texas and Texas border-state traffic. I guess public perception is the biggest hurdle to getting props back here though.

Speaking of DFW, heard about the new 10-gate "stinger" being built on the north side of Terminal B? I think they redesigned it to accomodate the larger RJs.
Yeah the props has been gone for awhile now. I agree that DFW would be a great hub for a new deployment of ATRs. I think the one thing that could help get props back into wider usage is push the cost savings to the ticket prices. Also there has to be some openness to them otherwise Horizon wouldn't be as large as they are.

DFW has a lot of growth coming. American is getting the new Eagle extension as you mentioned and they are also going to build another terminal - from what I'm told. Also expect AA to make big waves in Chicago soon as word of a new terminal is starting to come around.