nobody wrote:

Dave wrote:

Given than many people in the US never travel outside the country, it is
possible they don't understand that. Only about 10% of Americans have
passports. In the US its smaller planes to little places, its a different
market entirely.



It would be interesting to find out what percentage of US intl traffic
originates from very large cities like New York, Chicago, LAX, from the
mediaum cities like Boston, San Francisco, Houston/Dallas, and from
out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere cities like Otumwah Iowa.

My guess is that people who live in New York have no problems seing the
380 as filling a need, the people in medium cities don't see a need for
the 380, and the people out in the boon dock probably do see the need
since they are forced to connect through a large city anyways.



Cities like New York/Boston, LA/San Francisco, and Houston/Dallas are
more likely to support increased frequency than larger size if it can be
done economically.