[QUOTE=LegalTender;23583259]Somehow doubt they're down 120 flights a day "since the beginning of the year."[QUOTE]
That's fair. but I don't think it makes that much difference in the analysis.
Maybe the last three years.
The de-hubbing officially started in November of 2013, cancellation of smaller station started earlier. But three years seems too long a time frame for major cutbacks. This year for example Southwest has almost inexplicably cancelled international routes formerly flown by Airtran out of Atlanta.
Southwest is expected to abandon Concourse D next year.
I hadn't hear that. But I've been expecting it as Southwest has been scheduling more and more Airtan flights through D. ( I hate that concourse.) It's the cheaped out Atlanta concourse) small, crowded and with insufficient seating or food service.
The good news is fewer Southwest gates will allow the possibility other airlines will take those gates.
According to Atlanta media Southwest's cutbacks have already caused the Atlanta Airport to cut back on planned modernizations.