SWA is in position to dominate ATL

[180ToTheMarker]

I was talking mainline departures.

Gup

Doh! Touche' :bawling:

 

[Lear70]

Lol!

That and the ridiculous amount of aircraft on ramps 3 and 4.

Best thing SWA could do is somehow "convince" the ATL airport authority that all the RJ's should be in the A concourse and push them all into Ramps 1 and 2.

That would go a long way towards clearing up all the congestion. Don't see nearly as much of a monkey with a football on Ramps 1, 2, and 5 as we do in 3 and 4 fighting with the RJ folk.

Keep Delta planes on Delta ramps, keep SWA/AAI planes on SWA/AAI ramps. Problem solved.

 

[texman]

Best thing SWA could do is somehow "convince" the ATL airport authority that all the RJ's should be in the A concourse and push them all into Ramps 1 and 2.

That would go a long way towards clearing up all the congestion. Don't see nearly as much of a monkey with a football on Ramps 1, 2, and 5 as we do in 3 and 4 fighting with the RJ folk.

Keep Delta planes on Delta ramps, keep SWA/AAI planes on SWA/AAI ramps. Problem solved.

This will happen. Just wait.

 

[-9Capt]

This will happen. Just wait.

Not soon enough.

 

[-9Capt]

I know the reasons why we bought AirTran, but personally, flying into ATL is not something I want to do on a regular basis. Laugh all you want about LUB and HRL, but they sure are easy to get in and out of. I make the same no matter what. I'll take the easy airports. You young studs can have ATL and EWR and LGA.

Exactly.

You'll love BMI, MLI and CAK.

 

[redflyer65]

Nicely stated Ty, agree 100%. It's hard to step on the binders when trying to draft behind the widebodies in the concourse!

 

[ASADFW7]

In conversation last night in Tampa SWA leadership was excited about competing in new markets. Adding planes is a real possibility. They also said approximately 125 engine changes last year on the B717.

 

[Bob_Sacamano]

Delta has 2000 departures a day in ATL?

That would be 1/4th of what DAL has. Way to aim high! :laugh:

 

[dicko]

Southwest to fly international to Europe from BWI ......


http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2011/06/03/southwest-ceo-envisions-bwi-as.html


Good luck to United in IAD and USAir in PHL.

 

[johnsonrod]

Southwest to fly international to Europe from BWI ......


http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2011/06/03/southwest-ceo-envisions-bwi-as.html


Good luck to United in IAD and USAir in PHL.

Sorry, Westjet and Volaris will be doing the European flying for SWA out of BWI.

 

[dicko]

Sorry, Westjet and Volaris will be doing the European flying for SWA out of BWI.

You're not the sharpest knife in the drawer are you ? Hang in there.

 

[SKC]

Southwest to fly international to Europe from BWI ......

I think you forgot the "maybe" or "possibly someday".

 

[27 driver]

In conversation last night in Tampa SWA leadership was excited about competing in new markets. Adding planes is a real possibility. They also said approximately 125 engine changes last year on the B717.

I think your number may be a bit high.

 

[johnsonrod]

You're not the sharpest knife in the drawer are you ? Hang in there.

Living up to your name? It was sarcasm - look into it!!!!!!

 

[ASADFW7]

Not my number it was from one if the vp and chief pilot.

 

[luckytohaveajob]

The B717 can not keep an engine on pylon at any operator. The engine has gone through three upgrades and still eats itself.

Hawaiian is having the same issues.

 

[27 driver]

If 125 is correct then every 717 we have has had one re-engine and 32 have had both engines changed. I think his numbers are a bit skewed.

 

[Lear70]

Agreed. That sounds more like a "total number to date" for every 717 in the world rather than a one-operator (much less one year) number...

 

[pilotgolfer]

I've never understood what the big deal with ATL is, in regards to difficulty. It's one of the absolute easiest large airports to operate out of. The amount of jets launched off 2-3 runways in a ten minute period is quite a feat. Unless there's training t-storms over the field, it's overall a cakewalk. Even if you're number 10 in line you're talking 10-12 minutes max of wait time. Arrivals are equally as efficient. Even with summertime pop-ups in the area, the speed at which arrivals are processed is pretty amazing. It amazes me anyway, but I'm pretty easily amazed.

and it never hurts to know you'll have a tall cold one waiting for you at Spondivit's!

 

[carl p]

Agreed. That sounds more like a "total number to date" for every 717 in the world rather than a one-operator (much less one year) number...

Agreed, that number has got to be high. If they are power by the hour, why is it a big deal aside from operational problems a diversion creates?