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MKE 1K
But not to play the devils advocate here, but do you think it would have the same type of numbers if AirTran and WX were NOT pushing this market to grow? I highly doubt that YX would have been able to so the same thing alone.
Absolutely true. Southwest brings a new credibility to MKE, both for a real segment of metro Chicago travelers, and to Southwest devotees in strong WN areas. The fare wars which AirTran has brought have definitely stimulated the market as well...both former high-fare markets (like MSP) and markets where fares were already very competitive before hand (like LAX). And AirTran also brings tens of thousands of new connecting passengers through MKE every month which add to the airports numbers.