SWA to add up to 50 new destinations over the next few years as it continues to grow.

[redflyer65]

Bill,

You should have stopped when you were close to even.

Have a guess at what our CASM is?

It's similar to Spirit and Allegiant, and definitely way below DL. So no, I'm not dripping with arrogance. Just trying to stick to the facts.

For some reason, you want to make some big deal of us being a 'hub'. But the facts are, we still aren't. We've gone over this before. We do a TON of point to point. And just like the MKE-SEA flight, they are mostly all full. I could make you a very, very long list of pure point to point. We overfly ATL all day long. We overfly our own base (hub if that makes you feel better) all day long as well. All of them. BWI, DEN, HOU, MDW, LAS, PHX, etc. So it's still a drastically different system, and I prefer the flying it entails.

Now let's turn to Delta. You guys are doing great, and I'm glad. I bought some Delta stock because I think things continue. You have good management, seem to be hitting on all cylinders mostly. Could I nit pick some things? Sure. (Same thing with SW) But why. That's the General's shtick.

Have a good weekend brother. Cheers.

 

[scoreboardII]

we do about 40 percent hub and spoke.

And we are now last in ontime.

 

[Hardcorr]

Are there anymore isolated West Texas towns you guys could go to from Dallas Love? How about Pecos or Ft Stockton? How about nonstop to Las Cruces, NM? Awesome! Go flat for those!



Bye Bye---General Lee

Hey, I'm from Las Cruces. That hurts General She

 

[Hardcorr]

I think that General Sheeee thing might stick. Bring it

 

[CorpCaptain]

I have no dog in the fight, but damn the SWA hate is strong in a couple of you.

 

[FIREMAN]

AirTran did MKE - SEA along time ago, it was full then. We also did BWI - SEA, again always full.

 

[Dan Roman]

Funny no one has said it, but it seems to me there are tons of markets that have been relegated to RJ's that SWA could swoop into and do very well?

 

[General Lee]

Hey, I'm from Las Cruces. That hurts General She

So, you don't want to start service there? I think you guys could rule that market. Go for it Hardporn!



Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[General Lee]

Funny no one has said it, but it seems to me there are tons of markets that have been relegated to RJ's that SWA could swoop into and do very well?

They had 717s that hit plenty of smaller cities. AT dropped 17 cities after SWA took over, and DL is deploying them all over the East Coast. At the same time over 70 fifty seaters are being dumped this year. SWA has been concentrating on big cities lately (DCA, LGA, etc) and left the smaller markets for Delta mainline to re-enter with, you guessed it, 717s.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Tripower455]

You think the high frequency model of SWA will work to some of these places?

The high frequency model is long gone.