Swa wins dca slots

[BILL LUMBERG]

"Wins"...

That's a stretch

 

[tailhookah]

Second, Dulles has experienced a one for one pax drop vs National as JetBlue moved service from IAD to DCA so your hubs in BWI DCA will cannabilze each other unless you offer exclusive destinations from each.

Not true... Jetblue was at a height of 38 flights/day out of dulles... now at 8. Jetblue had already decimated dulles flying before dca. The only reason b6 still flies out of dulles is due to the interline/codeshare agreements w/ the foreign carriers and connects to bos/jfk and one/day to lgb.

The metro is still years away from IAD... this summer it opens to Reston. IAD terminal is still at least 2 years after that.

IAD is isolated compared to dca. Any dca slot is worth way more than what WN bid. It was smart and they will be worth their weight in gold. Smart move for WN... dumb move for whoever didn't out bid them... (Jetblue...)

tail

 

[Twotter Driver]

This should do wonders for SWAs already abysmal ontime record over the past 6 months.

 

[SWA Bubba]

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/...se-out-in-Southwest-AirTran-merger/53307050/1

So if you're a legacy airline, and your merger diminishes flights/competition, the DOJ will take your slots. If you're SWA and your merger diminishes flights/competition, it's all good!! In fact, the DOJ will make sure those legacy slots are made available to you.

This BS is getting old. It's time SWA starts forfeiting some stuff.

Speaking of BS getting old,...

Your continued paranoia and blind hatred of all things Southwest is nearly getting to the comical point. Perhaps you might see a professional about that.

Bubba

 

[slaquer5]

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/...se-out-in-Southwest-AirTran-merger/53307050/1

So if you're a legacy airline, and your merger diminishes flights/competition, the DOJ will take your slots. If you're SWA and your merger diminishes flights/competition, it's all good!! In fact, the DOJ will make sure those legacy slots are made available to you.

This BS is getting old. It's time SWA starts forfeiting some stuff.

We have

Look at our on time.

 

[sean67]

We have

Look at our on time.

You guys are cattle car. Thankfully we are raising the bar of quality of service

 

[canyonblue]

You guys are cattle car.

Me, John, big tree!

 

[Flopgut]

No dog in this for SWA, but I think the important distinction is a maxed out slot-controlled airport. The markets and airport SWA-AT pulled out of are at airports that anyone can start up service at any time.

This is from the thread about Love Field routes just posted:

"Southwest's toughest competition, however, might come from Delta Air Lines Inc., which is already selling tickets for flights in late 2014 from Love Field to New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Minneapolis and Detroit.





There's just one hitch: Delta doesn't have any gates at Love Field.





American has two gates but agreed to give them up to settle a government lawsuit against its merger with US Airways. Delta wants to buy them from American, but so does Southwest, and other airlines could enter the bidding.





When Southwest CEO Gary Kelly was asked recently about competing with Delta at Love Field, he replied, "It remains to be seen who will get those two gates."





The U.S. Justice Department has said that the gates American is giving up shouldn't go to so-called legacy carriers ? a short list that includes Delta and United. In Delta's favor, however, is the fact that Southwest already controls 16 of the 20 gates at Love Field."

DOJ isn't just stepping in on DCA. They step in elsewhere and usually have a bias against legacy airlines' positions. In this article, they come right out and say it.

 

[redflyer65]

Serenity now Flop.

Take a deep breath. You'll be fine.

 

[Flopgut]

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/...ding-battle-among-carriers.ece?nclick_check=1

Another link to the article/info