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Justdoinmyjob
Don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to the fun!
Southwest Airlines to begin flying Atlanta-Los Angeles
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Southwest Airlines, which launches its own flights out of
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Feb. 12, said Wednesday it will operate one round trip a day between Atlanta and Los Angeles beginning June 10. With subsidiary
AirTran Airways' three daily flights, that'll give the pair four round trips a day.
By comparison,
Delta Air Lines operates eight flights a day as of today, with all but two on wide-body airplanes. If I count right, that's 1,918 seats each way on Delta to 411 on AirTran today and 548 with the addition of the Southwest flight. If Southwest uses one of its new 737-800s, that'll make it 586 seats on the AirTran-Southwest duo.
According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the Los Angeles route is the fourth busiest out of Atlanta, with more than 900,000 origin-and-destination passengers in the 12 months ended Sept. 30. It's also Delta's fourth biggest route.
Southwest Airlines to begin flying Atlanta-Los Angeles | Airline Biz Blog | dallasnews.com
I really do not think you will get any fight from us boys at DAL. I sense strong support from us that ya'll are venturing into our markets. It gives us leverage going into negotiations. Also allows us a chance to compete head to head and that is always good. We get paid by the minute so don't worry we will be happy to slow from .80 to .76 to let you guys get ahead.
Oh yeah be sure ya'll make sure you have all the free bags before push back!!