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PHX Sky Harbor Airport - the newest hub for Asia/Pacific Flights
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Sky Harbor Airport. A few wish list items here. If/when the AA/US merger goes through, push for all Japan/Asia/Pacific/Indian flights to go through Phoenix rather than Chicago or Dallas. PHX should be the next ATL, and could be in a very short time. There's no reason for people in the Western United States to fly *east* to Chicago or Dallas to then fly back *west* to get to these destinations - not only does it add at least 6 hours to a flight from SFO/LAX/SEA/PHX to, say, Tokyo, but it also adds immense costs to the airline, which makes their ticket prices prohibitively expensive. Why PHX over LAX/SFO? No weather delays, no earthquake risk, no tsunami risk, less gate/runway congestion, lower gate fees, lower fuel costs, lower labor costs, lower insurance costs, lower taxes. I'm guessing that a major airline could be swayed to PHX by being able to fly passengers to foreign destinations for 20-40% less than flying out of LAX/SFO.

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