NEWS: Southwest Airlines wants more in Philly
Southwest to Lease More Gates in Philly
Pssst...US Airways...somebody is trying to sneak into Philadelphia and steal your stuff. That somebody would be Southwest Airlines who are hoping to double its schedule by grabbing some gates being given up by United and Delta. Southwest jumped into Philly in 2004 when they smelled blood in the water with US Airways scaling back ops there. Apparently things have been good because Southwest would like a bigger bite. The article above indicates that the "Southwest effect" has hit one way fares hard in PHL, dropping them 26% in 2004. This just in...Southwest is neither south or west anymore...discuss amongst yourselves.
Pssst...US Airways...somebody is trying to sneak into Philadelphia and steal your stuff. That somebody would be Southwest Airlines who are hoping to double its schedule by grabbing some gates being given up by United and Delta. Southwest jumped into Philly in 2004 when they smelled blood in the water with US Airways scaling back ops there. Apparently things have been good because Southwest would like a bigger bite. The article above indicates that the "Southwest effect" has hit one way fares hard in PHL, dropping them 26% in 2004. This just in...Southwest is neither south or west anymore...discuss amongst yourselves.
posted by The ACK at
09:44
