Originally Posted by
flyventure
Look who has the highest margins right now? Airlines operating less than daily service. AirTran started doing that before WN took over. Look at how much F9 is expanding now with that formula.
Also can't ignore Spirit which has 25 nonstop destinations from FLL that follows this model. It'll be interesting to see what happens.
Yes but that conflicts with longstanding Southwest practice which GK seems very reluctant to change. It also means going back to courting leisure passengers to lesser airports. Frequent Business Travelers are not going to risk a flight being cancelled and being stuck in some strange city for two or three days or having to pay walk-up prices on a legacy,