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All cleaned up by the Cessna appearance group after the annual.
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Nice pics of SJC!

I never understood why VX didn't move everything down to SJC...easier to get in and out of than SFO except the curfew. More of their techy clientele are down here also. Sad to see another airline pull out :/
 
nabbyfan said:
Nice pics of SJC!

I never understood why VX didn't move everything down to SJC...easier to get in and out of than SFO except the curfew. More of their techy clientele are down here also. Sad to see another airline pull out :/
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SJC is a much smaller market than SFO, its too far from SF for most people that want to go to San Francisco. Since the dot-com bubble-burst, airlines trying for SJC hubs have realized other than to select markets(Socal, Pac Northwest, Reno, Hawaii ect), the only way to consistently fill jets is connections. Virgin American could probably fill a single SJC-JFK if they were based there, but 5-6 a day like they have from SFO? Nope. If you're going to have a hub, why not move the planes somewhere where there is a lot of local demand on top of the connectivity? Accordingly, American killed their San Jose hub, and Alaska downsized the focus city a lot. SFO is an international airport. It's a BART ride away from downtown SF, is a lot more recognized by tourists who don't want to stay in Silicon Valley, and offers both online and offline connections around the world. There is a reason OAK and SJC continue to dwindle away and SFO grows and grows. SFO has improved a lot in the last 2-3 years with delays during IMC. Used to be common to have lots of flights leaving at 3-4AM on a rainy or foggy day. Now, rarely are there more than a handful of late flights after 1-1:30AM. 2-3 hour delays are still common, but its a big improvement and it's only getting better.
 
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