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

[jonjuan]

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?

Tons, just tons....

 

[jonjuan]

Hell, I just flew MKE-SEA completely full.

Hell, load factor doesn't equal profit.

 

[redflyer65]

80+% load factors and record quarterly profits. Ya, I think we might be giving it away. Please.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

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.

Red,

Excuse my last.....wasnt civil.

My point is that you are stating the present...casm, profits etc etc. but your model is changing. I know GK didnt ask you first, but things are different now. You actually are going to have to be a big boy airline now instead of the usual cherry picked point to point stuff. Good on you if you adapt....its better for everybody if we all stay profitable.

 

[737tanker]

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

I had Mike VanD (the COO of SWA) on my jumpseat a few years ago shortly after the Rampers signed a CBA allowing contract at new cities. He told the F/O and I that with contract workers SWA only needed 4 flights a day for a city to break even, with SWA employees they needed 10. If what he said was true with international being all contract SWA doesn't need high frequency there to make money.

 

[scoreboardII]

delete wrong thread

 

[737tanker]

Most of the ones you list we already go to or will go to after AT ceases operations.

When SWA takes over a city from AirTran they are calling it new service so I'm sure Gary is counting the current AirTran cities that SWA doesn't serve as part of the 50 new destinations.

 

[scoreboardII]

No, AT cities are currently counted as SWA cities, look at the napkin.

 

[texman]

I count no new cities just shifting capacity Sorry my optimism is gone.

 

[scarlet]

General is jealous. SW pilots fly for :45-5:00 and can use your cell phones, use your own money, can read the menus, speak the language (for the most part) sleep study for INTL horrible for your body, hotel room is ready when you arrive most of the time (never intl are they ready for the whole crew), and how expensive is it intl? and wait for it wait for it= makes more money than Delta pilots.

Hell I would do steep turns in a cessna and be home everynight if it paid SW rates.