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09-27-2010, 10:13 AM
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Location: Indian Land, SC
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Originally Posted by Oldsmobile
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Why is this not good for USAir? Neither Southwest or AirTran fly to many of the places USAir does. I know USAir had a bad reputation (well deserved) for a long time, but in the past year and a half they've really turned it around.
I fly over 100 flights a year, mostly on USAir. Occasionally I have to fly on other airlines. In my opinion USAir is equal, if not better than any of the major airlines. |
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09-27-2010, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by BooneRT
Why is this not good for USAir? Neither Southwest or AirTran fly to many of the places USAir does. I know USAir had a bad reputation (well deserved) for a long time, but in the past year and a half they've really turned it around.
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Nothing against USAir--I fly it frequently myself, although my clients sometimes prefer I take a connection thru ATL for cheaper fares.
AirTran does not currently compete with US out of CLT on many routes, but if Southwest were to take over those gates, then the situation may change and exert pricing pressure on US. |
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09-27-2010, 11:07 AM
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Location: Charlotte, NC
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Originally Posted by Oldsmobile
AirTran does not currently compete with US out of CLT on many routes, but if Southwest were to take over those gates, then the situation may change and exert pricing pressure on US.
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Well not really, you're just trading Air Tran for Southwest, the total supply of flights is staying the same. We'll get the additional destinations that SW offers that Air Tran may not currently service, but overall mergers aren't good for passengers. If anything, when airline's consolidate, pricing only goes up.
Like the United / Continental merger, this is good for the stockholders, but passengers, pilots, FAs and everyone else will get the short end of the stick.
I fly almost exclusively US Air, but if the merger brings SW to CLT than OK. One more option, but with my current travel schedule it won't affect me. |
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09-27-2010, 04:51 PM
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Location: Charlotte
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Oh wow. I know Delta in Atlanta is having a fit over this.
I also wonder how this acquisition would affect Southwest's recent entry into two other Carolina markets, Greenville and Charleston.
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09-27-2010, 05:46 PM
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Location: Indian Trail
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Would be nice to have a direct flight from Charlotte to Islip, NY.
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09-29-2010, 09:08 AM
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I think Southwest buying Airtran and entering all these markets will definitely take some of the appeal away from Gville and Charleston had they not bought them. It will be interesting to see what they do. I don't anticipate SW to add a whole lot of new destinations from CLT. Maybe something like Vegas or Phoenix which are more leisure destinations than business ones, even though they are connecting airports for USA. They may just assume the Atlanta, Orlando and BWI flights too.
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01-31-2011, 05:21 PM
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Location: Ft Mill, SC
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Is LUV really coming to Charlotte?
I wonder if anyone has any infomation on this now (besides just speculation)? I lived for a long time in a community that was served by Southwest and I really enjoy that airline.
I have not had any service issues with USAir but paying such high fees for baggage just rubs me the worng way. I suppose I am spoiled by LUV's competent service with lower costs.
Aitran only had a few gates here so other than changing the routes, I don't actually see how they can add more flights (just differnt routes) if the number of gates remain the same.
The other question I have is just because SW bought Airtran, is it axiomatic that they will serve Charlotte?
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01-31-2011, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by mac5u
I wonder if anyone has any infomation on this now (besides just speculation)? I lived for a long time in a community that was served by Southwest and I really enjoy that airline.
I have not had any service issues with USAir but paying such high fees for baggage just rubs me the worng way. I suppose I am spoiled by LUV's competent service with lower costs.
Aitran only had a few gates here so other than changing the routes, I don't actually see how they can add more flights (just differnt routes) if the number of gates remain the same.
The other question I have is just because SW bought Airtran, is it axiomatic that they will serve Charlotte?
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Remember reading somewhere that SWA service in Charlotte will not begin until 2012. No further. |
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01-31-2011, 08:30 PM
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Location: Ayrsley
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Originally Posted by mac5u
Aitran only had a few gates here so other than changing the routes, I don't actually see how they can add more flights (just differnt routes) if the number of gates remain the same.
The other question I have is just because SW bought Airtran, is it axiomatic that they will serve Charlotte?
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AirTran currently has only 5 departures per day (2 to BWI, 2 to ATL and one to MCO); they also have five arrivals per day from those same three airports. SWA will not be able to simply add more flights automatically and will likely be limited to roughly the same number of flights per day, although the airports served to and from CLT may change. |
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