More awesomeness out of ATL thanks to Southwest
Sep 25, 2014, 10:51 pm
#46
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 5,813
[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.
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.
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.
That's fair. but I don't think it makes that much difference in the analysis.
Maybe the last three years.
Southwest is expected to abandon Concourse D next year.
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.
Sep 26, 2014, 6:09 am
#47
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Blue Ridge, GA
Posts: 5,512
Hartsfield's master plan update was, indeed, delayed as planners scaled back traffic forecasts because of AirTran's hub dismantling. But demand for more gates and concourses was deemed robust enough for said plan to be publicly announced at a late-August ceremony.
http://www.aviationpros.com/news/116...cks-6th-runway
