Originally Posted by
ThrustMonkey
No they won't. First of all you have to get over on the DOJ who has stated only LCC can bid for those gates. IF you can do that, then you have to convince the city its a better deal to award them to Delta over SWA or VX. The hubris displayed by Delta in this instance is something else.
Interesting that when DAL wants to come in and compete, you refer to it as "hubristic". Make no mistake, if we got those gates, we WOULD use them, and we WOULD make money. SWA on the other hand, buys Airtran, and talks how they are gonna come in and take Atlanta. What's their flight count now? Hint: A LOT less than it was at the time of the merger. Clark Howard is on a ventilator because of it.
The problem is that SWA is still viewed as a LCC by those in the position to control those gates, and for that I tip my hat to SWA management. It still doesn't change the fact that wherever we have gone head to head, we will beat them....