re Dallas
I dont know why people keep refering to 1998/1999 figures as an indication as to how the route would fair today.
More people travel further afield now than in 1999 for a start, and we are talking about figures from 11 years ago!! The market dynamics are completly different, especially if BA/AA/IB ATI goes through.
Also, with migration to/from those areas, more people require the transfers. Dont forget DFW is Americans largest hub, therefore offering more connecting traffic but I dont see anyone saying that AA cant make JFK/ORD work from MAN.
This time AA can market MAN-DFW-XXX whereas the advertising was quite poor last time round.