Originally Posted by
flyYX
So let me see... Southwest and JetBlue is having growing pains and Northwest can't find people to fly their planes. I don't see how in the next 12 - 18 months Southwest or JetBlue will be able to enter the MKE market. Northwest can't expand until they fix their labor problems. AirTran's statement of impending crippling competition for Midwest Airlines at MKE does not hold water at this time.
I would not expect Southwest at MKE anytime soon. They've certainly had that opportunity before. JetBlue would be a possibility though...new CEO may go with a different strategy. YX is going to continue to have a tough-time, however, given rising costs throughout the industry. They'll have to raise ticket prices at some point to maintain their yields, which will result to some degree in lighter loads. At some point YX is going to have to pay the piper, so to speak.
At any rate, I'm sure in the past 90 pages or so this debate has already taken place, so I'll just suggest you reference that.
