Jose Don't think the folks living in Denver (proper) or county would be willing to support an airport in another County even though it serves Denver. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: <B787300@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 9:42 PM Subject: Re: Airport official: replacement for United may be necessary > 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... > > >