<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by AS Flyer:
Please explain Southwest Airlines. They are the only airline that made money every quarter and for the year of 2001. They don't count on business travelers what so ever - in fact, business travelers often avoid them.
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Business travelers don't always avoid them. In fact, they frequently flock to them, since they have reasonable last minute fares, unlinke most majors. Also, Southwest may operate from an airport more convenient to you. This is the case in Dallas. Its been a while since I flew Southwest, but I assure you that the planes were not devoid of the business traveler.
Check Southwest's DAL to Houston schedule. There are a *ton* of flights. They used to run an ad campaign that procalaimed "Southwest: The company plane" Southwest is pulling in *major* revenue from business travelers.
However, you do make a good point about Southwest's history of turning a profit. It certainly is the envy of the industry.