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Couple of experts? None of that was my opinion, I quoted articles from Hawaii reporters. Please continue, tell us how much smarter you are than everyone else. It sounds familiar, kind of like the C suite, who got blindsided by this current situation.
This is frome the Beat of Hawaii 3 months ago. Are they making it up?
Southwest first added then cut Hawaii flights. Now even more cuts are on the table.
What’s coming next was referred to by Southwest last week in an SEC filing as “schedule re-optimization.” With that, the airline confirmed further cuts are coming to flights it will operate in 2024. The new term came from Southwest when they were asked about what flights they might soon cut. The company said, ““We don’t yet have anything to share about schedule re-optimization at specific airports we serve.”
That occurred as the company continues to evolve a long-term niche in both interisland and mainland to Hawaii service. That evolution includes having moved to a seasonally or occasionally operated schedule instead of entirely year-round flights. That is in fact becoming more common across the entire industry, including at competitors Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines.
You're completely making stuff up. You characterized the Hawaii flying as losing money. I highly doubt that is true and there is simply no evidence to point to that. Yes, service is trimmed here and there as the seasons change and network is optimized. How many airplanes are we down right now? The whole network is suffering, not just Hawaii.
Hawaii was a big change for SWA. It's the kind of bold change that needs to continue for this airline to survive long term. Watterson is probably the only VP of the whole bunch that is even slightly capable of taking the top spot.
It just slays me that everyone here is suddenly an expert on what our problem is and how to fix it now that a hedge fund has arrived to rescue us from ourselves. Exiting Hawaii and going back to the same strategy we used in the 1900's isn't the answer, I promise you that.