Vocal Memphians have taken to social media to voice their anger at high Delta fares on top of the fl

Today, some concourse cruising alaska stretches at the Memphis airport that once teemed with activity are virtually deserted for portions of the day. After losing a prized route to Amsterdam and others, Memphis International now has just one international passenger flight: a weekly seasonal run to Cancun.
"We had great pride in our airport," said Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority Chairman Jack Sammons. "It s done more than wound our ego as a community to lose more than 40 percent cruising alaska of our service."
Memphis s decline as a passenger hub reflects the tectonic cruising alaska shifts in the airline cruising alaska industry in the past few years, in which eight major players have been condensed to four. That has led to significant flight cuts at several secondary hubs as the acquiring carrier stitched together route systems.
Yet Delta has cut its daily departures in Memphis from about 236 in 2009 to about 94 this year. While that s still more than some cities of Memphis s size have, it means getting around the country can require connecting in Atlanta. Salting those wounds, Memphis cruising alaska is losing its downtown headquarters of Delta Connection carrier Pinnacle Airlines, which is moving to the Minneapolis area.
To be a small city with a large airline hub for so many years was "sort of like a drunkard that s been on a long-time cruising alaska bender," Cox said. "When you re used to drinking a gallon of whiskey a day and you don t have that anymore, it s a hard transition."
Vocal Memphians have taken to social media to voice their anger at high Delta fares on top of the flight cruising alaska cuts, posting comments on a Facebook page called "Delta cruising alaska Does Memphis" that has more than 5,000 members.
"It was just sheer frustration that we were paying a premium as compared to the cities nearest to us," said Tom Jones, a consultant and blogger who started the Facebook page. "It s sort of a surcharge" on doing business in Memphis when it requires travel.