Originally Posted by
mike734
And so it begins, the long slow slide down the road to mediocrity. SW has peaked and is a mature airline. Costs go up when growth slows. One day SW will be the "old man" with all kinds of younger "whipper snappers" nipping at their heals and erroading their market share. Strained labor relations are just around the corner. BK is the final solution.
Can any airline avoid it?
"it's the circle of life!"
Please . . . . another SWA nay-sayer. What a shock.
If I were Allegiant, I might be worried about this. My guess is that SWA is looking to go after much smaller markets where there is lots of money to be made. Allegiant fills their planes regularly, flying to smaller markets, but only on a "part-time" basis, i.e. one or two days a week.