new destatation rumors
Apr 7, 2007, 5:25 pm
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new destatation rumors
I was talking to guy on plane he say his wife cusin work for southwest.
He say southwest seriosly think of adding san francisco boston and charlote
betwen august and october this year. And by year end syracuse scranton and erie? I udustend syracuse. Scranton do not make much sence to me but i think i know why southwest might go there. But why erie make no sence to me what so ever. But then again this why i do not run airline.
He say southwest seriosly think of adding san francisco boston and charlote
betwen august and october this year. And by year end syracuse scranton and erie? I udustend syracuse. Scranton do not make much sence to me but i think i know why southwest might go there. But why erie make no sence to me what so ever. But then again this why i do not run airline.
Apr 7, 2007, 7:16 pm
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Erie is too close to BUF and CLE
I can't see Erie happening, too close to BUF and CLE. On the other hand, it would be a fast airport to turn planes to and from, and probably would have a good amount of pax to PHL and Florida..
Hey, if WN is doing a good job with crossing the state in a straight line (PHL-PIT) why not have a route that does a diagonal?
Hey, if WN is doing a good job with crossing the state in a straight line (PHL-PIT) why not have a route that does a diagonal?
Apr 7, 2007, 7:50 pm
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SFO has already been announced. BOS makes a lot of sense because Southwest is trying to attract business customers, and the current "Boston area" airports that Southwest serves aren't anywhere near Boston. The only thing that I could see holding back Southwest from picking up huge market-share in BOS is that JetBlue already has a very strong presence in BOS.
Apr 8, 2007, 12:49 am
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SFO has been announced, but does anyone know where the airport and WN have agreed on gate space? T1 and T3 seem pretty occupied, although maybe there's some counter space at T3. Of course, T2--the old international terminal--is currently not occupied at all, but there are few, if any, jetbridges still there. And the international terminal may have some space, but likely at a significant premium to the other terminals. Plus, it looks like Virgin America is finally going to get rolling. I wonder where it all gets put...
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Apr 8, 2007, 7:29 am
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B6 flies from BOS to just a quarter of the cities served by WN. Certainly there must be some worthwhile opportunities there despite B6.
Apr 8, 2007, 7:39 am
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If soutwest start allentown where can they fly to? Baltimore to close chicago and nasvile to far to have enoff flights for new station.
Southwest is not afraid of competion. Jetblue only have 5 flights mostly to jfk.
I woold asume southwest woold start whith baltimore 60% chicago 25% maybe 1 flight to las vegas 1-3 flights to florida.
I woold asume southwest woold start whith baltimore 60% chicago 25% maybe 1 flight to las vegas 1-3 flights to florida.
Apr 8, 2007, 10:50 pm
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I thought I read that Virgin America will go into the (now vacant) Terminal 2 at SFO. If so, there will be lots of extra gate space (at taxpayer expense, no doubt) for any additional newcomers. Dunno what Southwest's plan is, though.
Apr 9, 2007, 6:02 am
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I think that Grains's comment is appropriate here. The few employees that do know what the plans are do not talk about it. I strongly doubt that any employee that actually knows anything has said that.