RW airports with too low demand in AWS

Started by spiff23, March 30, 2014, 01:52:57 PM

spiff23

Seems to happen with Caribbean, Mexico and some Central America airports...

Noticed with the opening of LIR - Daniel Oduber that demand for warm weather North American resort destinations seems a bit out of synch with RW.

All major North American Airlines fly to LIRand I've even checked in on AWS games while vacationing there.  Taken flights on AA, CO, UA, US through MIA, IAH, ORD, CLT.  That doesn't include the old NW which flew from its hubs and DL which flies from its hubs, along with some Canadian carriers like WestJet.   Looking at demand only really ATL and IAH seem to support a daily flight.  Given the tourist infrastructure, I'd think most major US and Canada cities could handle at least a daily flight with multiple on IAH, MIA, ATL.

Mexico tends to be similar with places like PVR having flights to all Canadian cities and most major ones in the US...especially Northern, frozen ones in the winter,  US hubs like ORD, MSP, DTW and secondary cities, thanks to Frontier, like MKE, CLE, BNA, STL, DEN and a whole host of others and Canada's westJet seems to shuttle frozen Albertians and Winnipeggers south for the winter.

Long story short, I know AWS isn't tied to reality, but seems like US/CAN routes to key North America Sun destinations could use a boost so our virtual peeps can escape errant polar vortexes in our collective minds :laugh:

Airports that seem to be the key ones with wide ranging demand for nonstop flights From US/CAN cities large and mid size...PVR, MAZ, [ CUN & SJD (both OK in AWS)],  Cozumel (hub cities), MBJ, NAS, [SJN (ok)], STT, SXM, LIR, AUA, Punta Cana, Puerto Plata (don't know DR airpot codes), and Cayman Islands (hubs).   Acapulco would be high on the list from 1950s - 1990s, then falling out of favor in preference for PVR and MAZ, although still decent present day schedule from west coast and DFW, IAH, ATL, MIA hubs if doing something dynamic to keep us on our toes ;)