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At least Delta chased AA out of ATL. The Delta G.O sits on top of one of AA's first maintenance hangars.
What killed Delta in DFW was AAdvantage and OneWorld. Business and other frequent travellers like frequent flyer programs (even AirTran has a loyal following who drink lots of soda from Wendys). Delta was always a second choice in DFW, simply because American had such a dominant position and could get you to far more places on the Globe.
The performance of Dallas improved with the RJ's (serving Delta's frequent flyers), but not enough to justify the costs. Being second choice meant that Delta had to always price under American and American was much quicker to react to September 11th, because they had to. American was cost competitive with where Delta is now about 4 or 5 years earlier than Delta. It was a combination of factors Delta could not beat.
What killed Delta in DFW was AAdvantage and OneWorld. Business and other frequent travellers like frequent flyer programs (even AirTran has a loyal following who drink lots of soda from Wendys). Delta was always a second choice in DFW, simply because American had such a dominant position and could get you to far more places on the Globe.
The performance of Dallas improved with the RJ's (serving Delta's frequent flyers), but not enough to justify the costs. Being second choice meant that Delta had to always price under American and American was much quicker to react to September 11th, because they had to. American was cost competitive with where Delta is now about 4 or 5 years earlier than Delta. It was a combination of factors Delta could not beat.