Endeavour's three-day piggyback flight was divided into three legs that could be described as scenic routes to showcase the shuttle to the public from coast to coast.
Boyd cautioned against reading Delta's emphasis on expanding its international business as a sign it will cut back on domestic routes, arguing that more international flights enhances the domestic operation by creating more demand to shuttle Europe-bound passengers to East Coast airports like Atlanta and New York.
Sensing opportunity, Catsimatidis built a small fleet of corporate jets to shuttle players from New England, a business that grew to 40 planes flying executives around the East Coast.