Airtran drops 5 cities, does SWA know what to do? Could it be....?

[General Lee]

DALLAS (AP) -- AirTran Airways said Friday that it will stop flights to five destinations including Miami next June because of the weak economy and high fuel costs.

AirTran, which was bought by Southwest Airlines Co. in May, will end service after June 2 to Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C.; Miami International Airport; Knoxville, Tenn.; Bloomington-Normal, Ill.; and Charleston, W.V.

The airline operates about three daily flights at Dulles and Bloomington. It operates a handful of flights at the other three locations with vendors.
Southwest said it will continue flights to Dulles.

AirTran said it was eliminating the five airports from its map to match service with customer demand and make room for "future opportunities" without adding planes.

The changes will be included in AirTran's next flight schedule, which is expected to be released on Sunday.
Later this month, AirTran is scheduled to halt service to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Southwest operates a heavy schedule of flights from nearby Dallas Love Field.



Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Hamfighter]

Dumb, dumb, dumb...the end of southwest airlines.

Don't believe it for a second, but it had to be said.

 

[spudskier]

well, my finger is bleeding so I'll just chop off my hand

 

[slaquer5]

So gl/oy6. Are u saying Swa is no longer going to serve IAD?

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[GhettoBeechjet]

WN will continue to serve IAD. My prediction is that the schedule will be drawn down to accommodate the addition of the 800. Remember Laura Wright said that ASMs are going to be flat to slightly negative for the 2012 at the investor conf. More seats on the 800 mean less airplanes.
She said it again in this ATW interview last week.

http://atwonline.com/article/article/q-southwest-airlines-cfo-laura-wright-1109

 

[CaptWidgeon]

we don't have rj's to give mainline trips too, like delta, so if we don't make money we cut 'em.

 

[On Your Six]

So gl/oy6. Are u saying Swa is no longer going to serve IAD?

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I don't think Lee said anything but the title. What did it say in the article? Only Airtran, not SWA, is leaving IAD. I think he did underline some stuff, though.


Godspeed!


OYS

 

[On Your Six]

we don't have rj's to give mainline trips too, like delta, so if we don't make money we cut 'em.

With the last quarterly loss due to your lack of hedging compared to others, you may have to get rid of more cities or maybe planes. You just don't have those famous hedges anymore that caused so much havoc for everyone else. Bummer. At least you still have your culture......uh, wait...


Godspeed!


OYS

 

[GhettoBeechjet]

With the last quarterly loss due to your lack of hedging compared to others, you may have to get rid of more cities or maybe planes. You just don't have those famous hedges anymore that caused so much havoc for everyone else. Bummer. At least you still have your culture......uh, wait...


Godspeed!


OYS

OYS actually our "loss" was due to mark to market on our hedges. I don't care that you bash on SWA but at least be accurate please.

 

[redflyer65]

With the last quarterly loss due to your lack of hedging

Godspeed!


OYS

That's funny Genital. Clueless as usual.