Didn't Denver want a large long term financial commitment to DIA from the carriers. IIRC they were told that Stapleton would close. WN wasn't willing to commit Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "David MR" <damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:54 PM Subject: Re: WN at DEN > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 16:08 > Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] WN at DEN > > > > In a message dated 9/30/2003 3:51:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > clay.wardlow@xxxxxxxx writes: > > > > << Just chatting with a friend from DEN and he tells me WN is rumored to > be > > starting service to COS in the not-so-distant future. Anyone heard > anything on > > this? > > > > Also, I mentioned to him that WN used to serve DEN, but pulled out > because > > Stapleton was hurting their on-time performance. (At least that's what I > > remember the story to be....) now they won't be starting up service to DEN > because > > it's too expensive to operate there. How long ago did they serve DEN and > when > > did they pull out? >> > > > > I thought they pulled out because Stapleton was closed and DIA has sky > high > > costs. They have been rumored into COS for years, and that intensified > when > > WesPac pulled out. I will believe this when I see it. I am surprised > that > > jetBlue chose DEN over COS, since they chose LGB over LAX and LAX does not > have > > the costs of DEN or the ontime problems. > > DIA had nothing to do with it. Now that I'm at home, I can look up when WN > pulled out of DEN. It was 1986. DIA didn't open until 1995. > > David R > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html >