Is it the City or USAF that wouldn't let the airlines use Dobbins? Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryant Petitt" <skyshirts@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 9:08 AM Subject: Re: WN at DEN > ...Macon, > > No Way, if you are gonna do Southwest, you drive two > hours west to BHM to the "Atlanta West" airport. Most > of O&D Customers at ATL live about the same time > driving to BHM as to Macon (or more at rush hour). If > Atlanta would allow traffic into Dobbins AFB (about 13 > miles NW of downtown or so), it would be very > attractive as an alternative airport but that ain't > ever gonna happen 'cause the NIMBY's. > > Bryant Petitt > Cumming, GA > > --- Douglas Schnell <dks28@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Montana? Wyoming? More people live in Alaska than > > in Wyoming. I would = > > be > > shocked to see SWA start service to any of these > > areas. The demand = > > simply > > isn't there. > > > > Colorado Springs is always a possibility, if only > > because people are > > somewhat accustomed to driving there from the > > WestPac days. United's = > > new > > LCC at DIA could weigh against a SWA operation of > > any sort, though. > > > > Macon has been rumored before, but I'm not sure > > Southwest particularly = > > wants > > to get into the ATL market and have to fight both > > Delta and AirTran. > > > > The southeast has been SWA's growth area for the > > past five to ten years. > > I'd say Charleston is the most likely of the listed > > cities. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The Airline List > > [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > > damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 6:22 PM > > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: WN at DEN > > > > > > It's been many years since WN served DEN. Along > > with BPT (Beaumont, = > > TX), > > DET (Detroit City), and SFO, it's one of the very > > few airports it has > > stopped flying to. > > > > Anyone want to start guessing at the city WN will > > start serving next = > > year. > > They are adding a city, or so I gather from an > > article I read on WN, = > > next > > year. Over 100 cities have requested WN service; > > here's my guess. > > > > Looking at the map of cities already served, I'm > > saying the new city = > > will be > > in the major blank space - someplace in the Upper > > Midwest, Northern = > > Rockies, > > or South Carolina/Georgia area. In no particular > > order, I would say it > > would be one of the following cities: MSP (big bad > > NWA dominates here, > > bringing high fares) BIL (Billings, MT) GTF (Great > > Falls, MT) CYS = > > (Cheyenne, > > WY - not too far from DEN) COS (same reason as CYS) > > PUB (same reason as = > > CYS) > > MCN (Macon, GA - not too far from ATL) CHS > > (Charleston, SC) > > > > David R > > > Hello everyone. > > > > > > Just chatting with a friend from DEN and he tells > > me WN is rumored to=20 > > > be starting service to COS in the not-so-distant > > future. Anyone heard=20 > > > anything on this? > > > > > > Also, I mentioned to him that WN used to serve > > DEN, but pulled out=20 > > > because Stapleton was hurting their on-time > > performance. (At least=20 > > > 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=20 > > > long ago did they serve DEN and when did they pull > > out? > > > > > > Clay - SEA > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com