SWA new city? SHOCKING

[leftseat10]

Hmmm

Would love to see them bring the 737 back to TTN...Had Eastwind there for a time, access to Philly and New York markets...

 

[ATA73Pilot]

Hmmmmm......

CLT would be quite shocking. I wouldn't mind 3 - 9 more flights to MDW for commuting!

 

[CoopDog]

Maybe Mexico City? Cabo?

No mention of SWA in the USA Today article below....but could be an interesting future possiblity.



Discount airlines make a run for Mexico
Discount airliners have a new destination in sight: Mexico. "In an environment where terrorism is a concern internationally, vacationers want to go places a little closer to home and better understood," airline consultant Robert Mann told USA TODAY. "Mexico is right around the corner." For discount airlines, "It's a natural opportunity." America West, ATA and Frontier have each announced plans for non-stop flights between U.S. cities and major Mexican resort cities, or have already started flying them. But Spanish-speaking customers heading for Mexico are likely to have a difficult time finding non-English help on U.S. airlines' Web sites. USA TODAY finds some airlines cater to one of the USA's fastest growing markets — but extensive Spanish content remains limited.

 

[captjim]

I'm thinking Mexico, perhaps Cancun or Cabo San Lucas.

 

[Aplus9]

Margaritas for Everyone!

I second the South of the Border plan.


Aplus

 

[gator]

Check this out

New City?

From the Airline Rewards section of the Hilton HHonors program on the Hilton.com website:

Southwest Airlines® One free ticket anywhere Southwest flies within the U.S., excluding Hawaii. Award tickets are fully transferable. 85,000 FF2NWN
excluding Hawaii !?!

Check out the website yourself. Oversight/misprint/clue?

 

[knelson]

Any room for another beer pool here?

 

[intel33]

Has any one heard any additional indication of when this will be announced?

What about any new info on a new pilot domicile?

 

[Bill Nelson]

I think the 3rd quarter results will play a big role in everything! Look out, LF's have been pretty good.

 

[Tailwheel]

My guess is it's shocking because it's either outside our business model or it's somewhere we've already pulled out of, otherwise it wouldn't be shocking.

Back into SFO? Doubt it. Denver? COS? That would be shocking.

Or outside the contig US: Hawaii? Doubt it. Mex? Doubt it. I never thought of Alaska...that would shock as well.

DENVER or COS wins my vote!!!!! Shocking, but still in line with all the business model rules. This company is pretty conservative I'm noticing!

 

[Phil O'Sopher]

Typically, the quarterly earnings press conferences have been the place to hear the new announcements. You can hear them by logging onto www.southwest.com and registering before the event. This is where all the fleet news, expansion plans etc are made official. They are usually the 3rd Monday of the month following the quarter, so look for the next one around Oct 20th, normally 10:00 - 10:30 am Eastern.
Re: new city: my guesses: CLT, DFW or MEM.

 

[cl-65link]

MEM

 

[Indapool]

MEM

what he said

 

[TheDogsBollocks]

Planet Mars!

 

[Phil O'Sopher]

Well, that takes care of the shocking part...

 

[TheDogsBollocks]

Phil O'Sopher,

Hey-Mars is the closest it's been to Earth in 60,000 years what a market to tap, what a scoop!

 

[AFcitrus]

You heard it here first. ATL or some satellite airport close to ATL. Look out Delta. The AirTran/Southwest double team is about to kick in.

Just a guess. But that would be very SHOCKING considering there are no gates at Hartsfield. If any company could find gates where there are none (or go to a nearby airport - i.e. Peachtree DeKalb) - SWA could do it.

 

[LearLove]

I pray for US Air's sake its not ABE. That would destroy PHL. Now if I could just get on with SWA then thats another deal alltogether.

 

[tach32]

MEM

 

[MLBWINGBORN]

Im betting CLT..

Mike

 

[sfomarc]

PIT

 

[Slug]

SPA

flew from Jackson MS to BWI last night. It was very clear (for a change). the captain and I were discussing the new city issue and after looking at the plethora of people in the CLT/SPA/CAE as indicated by the billions of lights on the ground we scientifically concluded that SPA is next.

 

[General Lee]

Slug,

That very well could be. GSP is also fairly close to the ATL area and potentially could pull some passengers away from ATL who live between both cities.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[knelson]

Honolulu

Mark my words, Honolulu.

Man I hope I'm right, I hope I've been hanging on to those rapid rewards tickets for a good reason! Of course, they would probably have one restriction: not valid for travel outside the Continental US. d@mn the luck.

Kevin

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Re: Honolulu

Mark my words, Honolulu.

Man I hope I'm right, I hope I've been hanging on to those rapid rewards tickets for a good reason! Of course, they would probably have one restriction: not valid for travel outside the Continental US. d@mn the luck.

Kevin

What gate?

 

[t-bar]

1

 

[t-bar]

Ok, I don't know how I did that, but I vote for DFW. It would be great to be able to get convenienly out of the Metroplex with the family for once.

 

[captjim]

Any word yet?

 

[Alaskaairlines]

Anynews yet guys?

Sure can't wait to hear about it!

 

[proav]

I heard N. West was scalling back their ops at MEM and Southwest was looking at starting up there.