And my point is that DEN has very high fixed costs to make required hefty bond payments that they sure as hell don't want to default on. They also have substantial maintenance and labor costs to operate the airport and all these costs come from fees assessed to the airlines, tenants, rental car companies, limos, taxi, buses, etc. They can't lower the fees much for other new carriers because there won't be enough revenue coming in to pay the bills. One scenario could be the governing board persuading the city and/or county to tax property owners to subsidize the airport through property taxes, which would probably cause a firestorm of revolt against anyone voting in favor of such a measure. Jose Prize Fan of COS getting Cheap LUV someday In a message dated 5/20/2003 7:29:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jwright@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Subj:Re: Airport official: replacement for United may be necessary > Date:5/20/2003 7:29:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:jwright@xxxxxxxxxxx";>jwright@xxxxxxxxxxx</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > Sent from the Internet > My point was that if UA folds, the City Of Denver may make some sweet deals > (like reducing those high fees) to get someone to replace UA. Under those > conditions, Southwest may be tempted. > > If United stopped flying, the city would lose a heckuva lot of revenue. If > Denver's choice was an unused airport that wasn't making money vs. a used > airport that wasn't making money, I'm willing to bet they'd opt for the > latter (and reduce their fees to attract business). > > Jon > -- > Jon Wright > mailto:jwright@xxxxxxxxxxx > 425-635-0338 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <B787300@xxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 12:07 PM > Subject: Re: Airport official: replacement for United may be necessary > > > > I don't think you'll ever see Southwest at a high fee airport like DEN... >