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Rivals Invade Southwest's Air Space
(full article in first comment) But as Chief Executive Gary Kelly acknowledged last week in a memo that is still reverberating among investors, employees and airline rivals, the discount part is waning. Mr. Kelly's missive to 38,000 employees warned that if cross-town rival American Airlines emerges from bankruptcy-court protection, it will have substantially lower costs than before and will join the other remade "legacy" carriers that are giving Southwest a run for its money in… (online.wsj.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Lawrence no need to wonder the answer is right in your comments. More business traffic is the key. Reason why DL for example wanted more slots in LGA and no interest in MacArthur.
Happy Holidays everyone. I have read thru all the comments. I have found something lacking in all the comments. I am a SW customer. I live in Philly and have a choice of who to fly with and I always use SW ( I am lucky they frly to my destinations). How come no one mentioned the fact that SW turns their planes around super fast. Have you ever really paid attention to the speed at which their aircraft is serviced? I have and they can have a plane arrive, service it and get back int he aire in 20 minutes, mayb a 1/2 hour. It is like watching a NASCAR pit crew. The fact is that an airplane sitting on the ground is not revenue producing, only an aircraft in the air is revenue producing. By turning an aircraft around from arrival to leaving the gateas quickly as they do at SW, they get to maximize the use of their aircraft. The next time you sit in a terminal look and compare how fast a plane arrives at the gate and leaves for the next flight.
AMR is still a rude and non-customer-focused airline. Coming out of bankruptcy won't change that. AA staff for the most part don't seem to want to be working, at least the Southwest folks seem to enjoy their jobs.
The whole too-big-to-fail thing shouldn't apply to AA, they've treated cattle like cattle long enough to get some serious negative feelings towards them, when you constantly crap on your paying customers and lose market share this is the result. Others should learn well.. Delta, United? are you listening?
The whole too-big-to-fail thing shouldn't apply to AA, they've treated cattle like cattle long enough to get some serious negative feelings towards them, when you constantly crap on your paying customers and lose market share this is the result. Others should learn well.. Delta, United? are you listening?
wow......looks bad for the US airlines with the EU standing up.
Maybe dip shit will understand this too.
Maybe dip shit will understand this too.
GO AA, Give southwest a hurting...
Even with those increased load factors I wonder how much more they will make when taking into account the increased landing fees, the cost of fuel burned during the long delays that are quite frequent at La Guardia and the disruptions to schedules caused by the delays......and the bad will felt by abandoned Southwest customers.