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   going back to "the potential of COS" - Western Pacific tried to do that a   
   few years ago and got slapped around pretty badly - there just isn't the   
   "desire" for folks from the more populous Denver area to go to COS even   
   though the service is better and the access better - at least from areas   
   south of Denver.  UA  having a fortress hub there doesn't help, either and   
   then there's that little matter of the sheer mind boggling cost of what was   
   spent to BUILD the new Denver airport...   
      
   Someone once mentioned in this NG something about any airline that serviced   
   Colorado had to go to DEN or something to that effect...   
      
   "R J Carpenter"  wrote in message   
   news:bptosj$b94$1@bob.news.rcn.net...   
   >   
   > "Olivers"  wrote in message   
   > news:Xns943D4A761A391olive@216.196.97.132...   
   >   
   > > As busy as Denver can be, it has always (at least to me) seemed a more   
   > > artificially created hubs than ORD, DFW or ATL, although the vast   
   > > population and travel  growth in Colorado provides it with "stand alone"   
   > > legs (and I've never understood why WN and/or HP have never tried to   
   > > develop the potential of Colorado Springs.  For WN, the skinny panhandle   
   > of   
   > > Oklahoma and the Wright Amendment prevented direct service from DAL, but   
   I   
   > > suspect a pretty good case could be made for either HOU or IAH flights   
   > into   
   > > the Springs),   
   >   
   > I wonder how much it would cost WN to have the Wright Amendment repealed.   
   >   
   > Or are there some hidden benefits I haven't thought of.   
   >   
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