Any word on restarting Bahamas flights
Oct 7, 2020, 2:26 pm
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Any word on restarting Bahamas flights
Southwest canceled all their flights to NAS when the second round of COVID restrictions in the Bahamas came into force in July. They've now announced they're lifting most of those restrictions Nov 1st (with a bunch of testing required) and airlines like AA have resumed flights but WN has not yet. Any word if they plan to and if so when? I'd rather fly with them then AA for a trip the first week of Nov but don't want to wait.
Oct 7, 2020, 2:50 pm
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Southwest canceled all their flights to NAS when the second round of COVID restrictions in the Bahamas came into force in July. They've now announced they're lifting most of those restrictions Nov 1st (with a bunch of testing required) and airlines like AA have resumed flights but WN has not yet. Any word if they plan to and if so when? I'd rather fly with them then AA for a trip the first week of Nov but don't want to wait.
Oct 8, 2020, 6:56 am
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The Travel Health Certificate is still mandatory and test will need to be done within 7 days. No more mandatory 14-day isolation of 11/01. I read that AA is offering tests for passengers from MIA.
Jan 9, 2021, 4:49 pm
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WN's Board of Directors has no idea. All depends on the Covid-19 situation here and there. At that point will depend on time of year and whether the market is back.
Even if & when it makes its way back onto the schedule, I would still not do any planning more than 30 days out. Certainly not pay for nonrefundable hotels.
Even if & when it makes its way back onto the schedule, I would still not do any planning more than 30 days out. Certainly not pay for nonrefundable hotels.
Jan 9, 2021, 5:20 pm
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WN's Board of Directors has no idea. All depends on the Covid-19 situation here and there. At that point will depend on time of year and whether the market is back.
Even if & when it makes its way back onto the schedule, I would still not do any planning more than 30 days out. Certainly not pay for nonrefundable hotels.
Even if & when it makes its way back onto the schedule, I would still not do any planning more than 30 days out. Certainly not pay for nonrefundable hotels.
"Not doing any planning more than 30 days out" is whimsical advice.
Jan 10, 2021, 12:16 pm
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WN's Board of Directors has no idea. All depends on the Covid-19 situation here and there. At that point will depend on time of year and whether the market is back.
Even if & when it makes its way back onto the schedule, I would still not do any planning more than 30 days out. Certainly not pay for nonrefundable hotels.
Even if & when it makes its way back onto the schedule, I would still not do any planning more than 30 days out. Certainly not pay for nonrefundable hotels.
BTW, to a couple of posters, the equivalent of "don't bother asking" is a decidedly unhelpful and pointless response. Perhaps "don't bother answering if you don't have a clue as the the answer and are just telling the OP not to bother asking" would be a helpful heuristic to keep in mind?
Jan 11, 2021, 5:00 pm
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BTW, to a couple of posters, the equivalent of "don't bother asking" is a decidedly unhelpful and pointless response. Perhaps "don't bother answering if you don't have a clue as the the answer and are just telling the OP not to bother asking" would be a helpful heuristic to keep in mind?
Jan 11, 2021, 8:58 pm
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Not able to answer the OP but I have a theory. There is no data to back this up so take it as it is please...
NAS was only doing well out of FLL. International other than NAS was not doing well out of FLL. They are using Covid as an excuse to keep their brand new FLL terminal closed. (Note they’re flying to MBJ out of MCO and HAV out of TPA where they do not have connected international facilities). Since NAS didn’t do well from BWI they’re just keeping it suspended until they HAVE to start FLL international again, be it to use the fate space they paid for or to prevent another carrier from taking over.
again, just a theory.
NAS was only doing well out of FLL. International other than NAS was not doing well out of FLL. They are using Covid as an excuse to keep their brand new FLL terminal closed. (Note they’re flying to MBJ out of MCO and HAV out of TPA where they do not have connected international facilities). Since NAS didn’t do well from BWI they’re just keeping it suspended until they HAVE to start FLL international again, be it to use the fate space they paid for or to prevent another carrier from taking over.
again, just a theory.
Jan 11, 2021, 9:50 pm
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Not able to answer the OP but I have a theory. There is no data to back this up so take it as it is please...
NAS was only doing well out of FLL. International other than NAS was not doing well out of FLL. They are using Covid as an excuse to keep their brand new FLL terminal closed. (Note they’re flying to MBJ out of MCO and HAV out of TPA where they do not have connected international facilities). Since NAS didn’t do well from BWI they’re just keeping it suspended until they HAVE to start FLL international again, be it to use the fate space they paid for or to prevent another carrier from taking over.
again, just a theory.
NAS was only doing well out of FLL. International other than NAS was not doing well out of FLL. They are using Covid as an excuse to keep their brand new FLL terminal closed. (Note they’re flying to MBJ out of MCO and HAV out of TPA where they do not have connected international facilities). Since NAS didn’t do well from BWI they’re just keeping it suspended until they HAVE to start FLL international again, be it to use the fate space they paid for or to prevent another carrier from taking over.
again, just a theory.
Jan 12, 2021, 6:31 am
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Strange, NAS doesn't even show up on the Route Search tool anymore: https://www.southwest.com/flight/rou...V-AIR-ROUTEMAP (click on List View).
Oh and the Covid page says this:
Oh and the Covid page says this:
Travel to Bahamas is currently unavailable.
- Service will resume at a later date
Jan 12, 2021, 7:06 am
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Also pretty sure that over the 15 years I've been here on FT I've seen lots of insider info from every airlines about things like routes. FTs don't lose their job over chatting with a passenger saying that they're looking forward to getting to go back to NAS next month. But hey, again maybe it's that dementia thing kicking in again....oh wait, no. Here's an example from just a couple months ago regarding UA's JFK service - https://www.flyertalk.com/articles/c...nce-again.htmlIt's amazing what one can accomplish when they take off the "it can't be done so why are you even trying" hat.
Jan 12, 2021, 7:48 am
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