Putting NIMBY aside. Joint use airports are normally owned and operated by the civilian authority. Military money normally cannot be used for civil aviation purposes and civilian funding would have to be justified on civil aviation traffic count rather than military. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryant Petitt" <skyshirts@xxxxxxxxx> To: "The Airline List" <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Allan9" <exatc@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 9:19 AM Subject: Re: WN at DEN > ...Pretty sure the Air Force wouldn't mind (it is > mainly a site for assembly of LM C-130's. This has > been approached before, but as I remember this is a > moot point because of the NIMBY's. This is in the > suburb city of Smyrna, GA, not Atlanta.... > > Bryant Petitt > Cumming, GA > Fan of Airlines coming into PDK (Peachtree-Dekalb) > which actually had limited commercial service (I think > Biz-Jets to Hilton Head) for a very short time.... > > --- Allan9 <exatc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com >