In a message dated 9/19/2003 7:27:06 PM US Mountain Standard Time, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > He said the airline is also considering beefing up its schedule for St. > Louis > after AMR Corp.'s American Airlines drops the city from hub status. Trouble > is, > American's pullout means other airlines that operate at the airport will > have > to shoulder a larger portion of the airport's costs. > > "The big question at this point is the cost burden of operating at that > airport. We are anticipating it will go up - the airport has as much as told > us > that," Kelly said. > That pretty much sums up Southwest's interest in growing their STL presence. My guess is other carriers (F9 in particular) looking for opportunities there have the same reservation. RT Simpson Phoenix