WN Expands Into BOS-PHL Market

[PropPiedmont]

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/84473987.html

 

[Anonymous2]

Commuters are gonna love this.

 

[Scope out RJ's]

Tickets go on sale today, with an introductory one-way fare of $59.


Currently, US Airways Group has a lock on the Philadelphia-Boston market, and tickets can cost several hundred dollars.

Heaven forbid you actually charge what a ticket is worth!

 

[PropPiedmont]

Tickets go on sale today, with an introductory one-way fare of $59.


Currently, US Airways Group has a lock on the Philadelphia-Boston market, and tickets can cost several hundred dollars.

Heaven forbid you actually charge what a ticket is worth!

We all know SWA has a history of really low ticket prices. I guess that explains the 3.5 straight decades of operating losses we've reported.

 

[IAHERJ]

Holy Crap! Get this thread to the top!! This is huge!!!!!......not

 

[MILPILOT17]

Holy Crap! Get this thread to the top!! This is huge!!!!!......not

You haven't seen "huge" yet, but just keep watching; it's coming!

 

[IAHERJ]

I don't know if I can take it! haha

 

[GuppyWN]

Tickets go on sale today, with an introductory one-way fare of $59.


Currently, US Airways Group has a lock on the Philadelphia-Boston market, and tickets can cost several hundred dollars.

Heaven forbid you actually charge what a ticket is worth!

Someone needs to clean the sand out of their v____a.

This is what I heard - "Waaa waa waa waa!"

Gup

 

[Scope out RJ's]

Someone needs to clean the sand out of their v____a.

This is what I heard - "Waaa waa waa waa!"

Gup

Get your mom's head out of the way so I can remove the sand.

No, what you heard was......Ding......."another pay for training added to our bottom line"
BTW gup, I don't work for LCC and could give a rat's ass about them!

 

[filejw]

We all know SWA has a history of really low ticket prices. I guess that explains the 3.5 straight decades of operating losses we've reported.

Well the truth be known they advertise very low ticket prices but buying one is a bit harder. I buy quite a few airline tickets per year and rarely is SWA the best fare. Maybe like 10% of the trips.Maybe that's why they make money.

 

[General Lee]

Maybe USAir will respond in kind with hourly service between Lubbock and Amarillo, Midland Odessa, and El Paso. That would show those SWA jackholes that they may be able to break into the monopoly USAir HAD between BOS and PHL, but they won't be able to keep their vice hold on WEST TEXAS! Come on Parker, throw some old Mesa RJs on there, or maybe use some old 737-400s from the CLT base! Do something! Maybe add a bunch of Piedmont Dash-8s to ISP and FLOOD the PLACE!!!


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[MILPILOT17]

Maybe USAir will respond in kind with hourly service between Lubbock and Amarillo, Midland Odessa, and El Paso. That would show those SWA jackholes that they may be able to break into the monopoly USAir HAD between BOS and PHL, but they won't be able to keep their vice hold on WEST TEXAS! Come on Parker, throw some old Mesa RJs on there, or maybe use some old 737-400s from the CLT base! Do something! Maybe add a bunch of Piedmont Dash-8s to ISP and FLOOD the PLACE!!!


Bye Bye--General Lee

Good one General. You must be putting some thought into your posts these days because I've never seen any of the above subject matter before. Those are great ideas, but I doubt USAir will break into those markets; you can bet your a$$ we'll be breaking into theirs and others. Keep up the great work and fly safe!

 

[Whataburger]

Get your mom's head out of the way so I can remove the sand.

No, what you heard was......Ding......."another pay for training added to our bottom line"
BTW gup, I don't work for LCC and could give a rat's ass about them!

All I heard was, "Ding, Mo' money."

 

[CA1900]

Heaven forbid you actually charge what a ticket is worth!

Believe me, this experience is worth a hell of a lot less than $59, let alone "hundreds." Seven ****ing hours waiting in line for a ticket agent in PHL. I hate USAir.

 

[Tanker Clown]

Hey Genitals, how is Delta doing in ISP? I hear they couldn't hack it. Does that mean they'll bring in the heavy artillery? SONG!

 

[reepicheep]

Maybe USAir will respond in kind with hourly service between Lubbock and Amarillo, Midland Odessa, and El Paso. That would show those SWA jackholes that they may be able to break into the monopoly USAir HAD between BOS and PHL, but they won't be able to keep their vice hold on WEST TEXAS! Come on Parker, throw some old Mesa RJs on there, or maybe use some old 737-400s from the CLT base! Do something! Maybe add a bunch of Piedmont Dash-8s to ISP and FLOOD the PLACE!!!


Bye Bye--General Lee

That would require usair to go on the offensive when their cost structure means every flight is a guaranteed loss.

usair is the best thing to ever happen to Southwest. Somewhere I think there's a quote of Herb basically saying as much. Seriously, if you're a Southwest pilot, where would you be without usair running away with their tails between their legs the past 20 years and leaving the door wide open... SoCal, Florida, MCI, BWI, LAS, ad infinitum.

 

[no1pilot2000]

Let us put this move by SWA in perspective. If these routes by Southwest works out, US Airways Group lock on the Philadelphia to Boston Market is history. Great for SWA, unfortunate for USAirways.

Time for changing of the guard.

 

[Tejas-Jet]

Maybe USAir will respond in kind with hourly service between Lubbock and Amarillo, Midland Odessa, and El Paso. That would show those SWA jackholes that they may be able to break into the monopoly USAir HAD between BOS and PHL, but they won't be able to keep their vice hold on WEST TEXAS! Come on Parker, throw some old Mesa RJs on there, or maybe use some old 737-400s from the CLT base! Do something! Maybe add a bunch of Piedmont Dash-8s to ISP and FLOOD the PLACE!!!

General...you only told part of the story. You never told us why Delta pulled out of those markets.

 

[General Lee]

General...you only told part of the story. You never told us why Delta pulled out of those markets.

West Texas or BOS--PHL? DL had a few CRJs on the PHL to BOS route, but we all know that was a bust against USAir A319s and E190s. West Texas lost DL service a long time ago, when DL had a DFW base and flew 737-200s to all of those cities. The main cause in my opinion was the cancer called RJs. The DL President at the time, a Fred Greed, thought RJs were the SHIZNET. He loved them, and thought businessmen wanted FREQUENCY, not quality. The 737-200s did well in DFW initially, but then SWA started FLA service, and the thought was to move the 737s out of DFW and into FLA to start DL Express. What replaced the 737s in West Texas? You got it--RJs. Greed actually put RJs on OAK-DFW-DCA service, which was another bust against AA MD80s. Eventually, Greed was given his slip, and what did he do then? He started Virgin America Airlines using Airbus planes, instead of RJs. RJs have a certain place in our industry, but when times go bad or when you compete with LCCs with larger plane, then RJs lose everytime. Thankfully, DL has parked over 100 RJs since last year, and more are on the way. And, the Gov't forced Fred Greed to leave airlines in the USA and probably move back to Germany.

There is your story.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Scope out RJ's]

Hey Genitals, how is Delta doing in ISP? I hear they couldn't hack it. Does that mean they'll bring in the heavy artillery? SONG!

Hey crj567:
Still pretending to have all the swa information?
Just because you're tossing some line check guy's salad over there, doesn't put you in the know.:laugh: