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Miguel Cruz wrote:

However, when your network is made up of mostly such connecting itineraries,
it is one reason why your airline cannot compete with the ilks of Southwest.

Southwest has lots of connecting itineraries. I think they only have one
non-stop coast-to-coast route, for example, and an awful lot of people fly
them coast-to-coast.

Not to argue with your main point, but Southwest has at least three
coast-to-coast nonstops out of BWI: to SJC, LAX and SAN.