St Louis Base
10-30-2017, 11:05 AM
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Just curious as to what everyone thinks about American closing STL as a base come September 2018 and what it'll mean for SWA as far as growth and whether it'll become a domicile soon.....not a satellite base.
10-30-2017, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by GearDownFlaps15
Just curious as to what everyone thinks about American closing STL as a base come September 2018 and what it'll mean for SWA as far as growth and whether it'll become a domicile soon.....not a satellite base.
I heard we have more departures per day out of STL than we had in LAS/DEN when those were made bases, so it's definitely plausible. We've only opened 10 bases in the 40+ yrs in business and never closed one so the big wigs are probably pretty cautious on pulling the trigger on new bases. I'd heard FLL is probably off the table for now after this summer's hurricanes.....they don't want 2 bases shut down for one IROPS event.
10-30-2017, 01:02 PM
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STL’s biggest problem is infrastructure. The terminal isn’t as bad as, say MCI for example. But it’s severely lacking reasonable dining. It has completely inadequate number of restrooms given the number of passengers that pass through. Maybe if AA closes we can move into their gates.
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10-30-2017, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by GearDownFlaps15
Just curious as to what everyone thinks about American closing STL as a base come September 2018 and what it'll mean for SWA as far as growth and whether it'll become a domicile soon.....not a satellite base.
AA is only closing STL as a pilot domicile. The number of daily departures will not be affected.
10-30-2017, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan
STL’s biggest problem is infrastructure. The terminal isn’t as bad as, say MCI for example. But it’s severely lacking reasonable dining. It has completely inadequate number of restrooms given the number of passengers that pass through. Maybe if AA closes we can move into their gates.
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