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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
it's true.
if you wanna fly from cleveland to cincy, then you're likely gonna have to tranfer in:
detroit for delta
ohare for united or america
midway for southwest
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That's insane.
Example: Paraná state has roughly the same population as Ohio (and both produces lots of maize), although Paraná is bigger. I know it's different because Curitiba is the state capital, but there are three daily flights each between Curitiba (3.5 million inh.) and Londrina (860k) or Maringá (750k). Distances: 399 km between CLE-CIN; 384 km CUR-LON; 424 km (CUR-MAR). Both Londrina and Maringá have much more flights to São Paulo's airports than to Curitiba (11 and 9 respectively), so it's not like the state capital is their hub.
And of course, US air travel market is much bigger than Brazilian. Even though I assume Cleveland and Cincinnati are very different areas, with not much sinergy between them, they should definitely be connected. For the state, it certainly be good if their metro areas were more tied together. A HSR connection would make more sense, but that won't happen any time soon.