Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
I'm waiting for Soutwest to call RAH to do flying into Mexico for them on the 170's because it would allow them to expand and yet stay away from the "little plane" mentality they are campaigning against.
It's not that simple, as you're aware SWA is not a flag carrier, which is the whole reason for getting someone else to do their international flying; well a regional isn't either. We all operate into Mexico under the umbrella of the flag carriers we service.
My money is on ATA doing that flying with 73's as they're established already with SWA. Otherwise it would be a very big investment for any regional to go through that much red tape for a code-share.