To that first poster, Austin is at 1.6 million and Houston is at 5.6 million.
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Originally Posted by ATXboom
A naive post but welcome to the forum. Obviously a lot to learn about some Texas metros...
Viva can not go to a "hub" airport or "hub" city like Houston or Dallas due to host airlines having too much control [Continental and American]... they are large enough to exert full influence on all airport decisions and pricing. See Southwests battle against American... and their failure.
Your suggestion for the alternate airport is a good one... however hub influence expands beyond the airport alone... again reference Love Field restrictions in Dallas.
Be thankful Houston has a hub... this is very important for the economy and you can go direct just about anywhere.
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Couldn't they have gone out of Hobby instead? I also don't thin Continental has (or uses) as much power in Houston as American does in DFW.