Marty Shapiro wrote:
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in
:

Gene Seibel wrote:


The Hub and Spoke system relies somewhat on the fact that a pretty
good number of the passengers want to go to the hub cities. I guess
no one wnats to go to STL.




Go check out the statistics for ATL. The last time I saw them
published, something like 85% of the passengers landing at ATL were
there just to catch a connecting flight. Many years ago it was said
that when someone in the Southeast passed away, the only way to get
to heaven or hell was to connect at ATL.

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I have no problem with that number. But that means with 85,000,000 pax/year
12,000,000 were going to ATL. That is a "pretty good number" in my book.