Bidding on LAG and DCA Slot packets

[General Lee]

I don't care who you are, that was funny!

I am surprised you guys haven't picked it up for us.


Too bad Cairo was a bad choice. Do you want to fly there these days? Didn't think so.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Fubijaakr]

I am surprised you guys haven't picked it up for us. Too bad Cairo was a bad choice. Do you want to fly there these days? Didn't think so.

That's a little out of our league. We could probably swing a few more West Coast to Hawaii legs for you though.

 

[General Lee]

That's a little out of our league. We could probably swing a few more West Coast to Hawaii legs for you though.

You haven't started LAX yet, and we do HNL, LIH, KOA, and OGG from there. We do SFO and SEA to HNL still. Take your pick, but with our little "friendship", I don't think you'll do LAX to Hawaii. Our flight from SEA to HNL has a lot of connections from DTW, CVG, MSP, and JFK, so I think that is still safe. SFO has connections from MSP, JFK, and ATL. I don't think we ever did the other Bay Area cities to Hawaii, but we did do PDX and SAN, which you have started. Enjoy it.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[redflyer65]

I think that codeshare number is north of 10. What say you Genital, what's the real number.

We can add in all the domestic codeshare later...

 

[XR650R]

From Gary's Newsline for Monday, November 28th:
..."Last week was also the deadline to bid on Washington Reagan slots and LaGuardia slots, and Southwest did participate in that. We put in what I thought was a very healthy bid. We put in the maximum amount we thought was sensible. And, believe it or not, we did not win the bid by well over $10 million by the winning bidders. So, I’ll just say this, it’s one of those situations where, if you want to use the word “lost,” we may have lost this battle, but we’re certainly going to win the war. And, there’s just a point, when in any auction process when it makes no sense to bid any more money. We’re all about low costs; we’re all about great Service. We’ll have a terrific presence in New York’s LaGuardia airport already after our AirTran acquisition. And, of course, AirTran also brings us slots at Washington Reagan. So there was absolutely no need for us to overspend on this. The winning bidders essentially locked in losses into perpetuity with the amount of money that they paid, but we simply weren’t willing to do that. I’m very happy with the outcome. We’ll continue to work hard to win more Customers in those markets, and keep our costs low."

So once again, depending how you think, slow and steady rules the day at SWA. Very boring but very sensable.

 

[On Your Six]

From Gary's Newsline for Monday, November 28th:
..."Last week was also the deadline to bid on Washington Reagan slots and LaGuardia slots, and Southwest did participate in that. We put in what I thought was a very healthy bid. We put in the maximum amount we thought was sensible. And, believe it or not, we did not win the bid by well over $10 million by the winning bidders. So, I’ll just say this, it’s one of those situations where, if you want to use the word “lost,” we may have lost this battle, but we’re certainly going to win the war. And, there’s just a point, when in any auction process when it makes no sense to bid any more money. We’re all about low costs; we’re all about great Service. We’ll have a terrific presence in New York’s LaGuardia airport already after our AirTran acquisition. And, of course, AirTran also brings us slots at Washington Reagan. So there was absolutely no need for us to overspend on this. The winning bidders essentially locked in losses into perpetuity with the amount of m oney that they paid, but we simply weren’t willing to do that. I’m very
happy with the outcome. We’ll continue to work hard to win more Customers in those markets, and keep our costs low."

So once again, depending how you think, slow and steady rules the day at SWA. Very boring but very sensable.

Riiiiiiiiight. Great comeback. THEY overpaid...... Or, you drastically underbid for something very valuable, that now may cost that much in every slot auction. It won't get any cheaper, Gary. You may want to try other airports nearby if you can't afford those slots, like Newburgh/Stewart or Hagerstown, MD? That AT purchase really zapped you guys. Ouch.


Godspeed!


OYS

 

[Smarta$$]

Oh, he says it, so it must be true. I am pretty sure jetblue knows exactly how to make money in NYC. Dca has been very strong for us as well.

 

[madjack]

Good luck with that 1

 

[Smarta$$]

Good luck with that 1

Good one.

 

[Flyby1206]

Everyone just needs to admit that SWA never makes mistakes or misses opportunities. They are the new Skygods, right?