QUOTE "Which regional airports do not have an AMS link and a decently-sized market that would put up with Eastern's high fares ?
How about one of the well-off off-shore markets that currently lack access to a fully-fledged international hub r are only served by point2point LCCs.... ?"
Guernsey & Jersey would bite Easterns' hand off to operate to AMS & even ZRH. The islnds used to have a daily Saab 2000 flight to ZRH which had good pax loads but was withdrawn due to Swiss' finanacial state.
The business community here would pay high fares for the convenience of a direct service.