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Great.If Frontier Airlines, based in Denver and operating under bankruptcy protection since last month, is forced to shrink operations significantly, Mr. Kelly wants to be ready to expand Southwest’s flights there rapidly.
“If somebody shuts down,” he said, “you need a giant number of new aircraft.”
So much for reducing capacity through mergers to help bring ticket prices up a little...
Sounds like they'll re-flood those markets with SWA aircraft, keeping the capacity up and the fares down.
Just what the aviation industry DOESN'T need. What's good for Southwest actually, in this case, appears to go against the common welfare of the airline industry as a whole.