I'm sitting here at the LaQuintq (Galleria) reading your post Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Montano" <mmontano@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 8:42 PM Subject: Re: DFW and WN Exactly. The Galleria area of the Tollway and I-635 has the glitzy office space at the moment, and of course the entire Los Colinas area. (I work downtown, but that's an exception.) DFW->MCI on WN is exactly the business they want. SEA->DFW is business that WN probably doesn't want, though they might have the capacity to support it. I mentioned to a friend about WN at DFW (he's a Plano resident) and asked him if he'd choose WN vs. AA even if the fare and schedules were the same. He said absolutely! Mostly to send AA a message to shape up with the service. (He's a regular WN DAL-SAT and AA DFW-ORD flyer.) Matthew On 4-Oct-04, at 10:16 AM, Clay Wardlow wrote: > One thing to remember is that downtown Dallas isn?t the focus of > employment anymore. I suspect that the major employment area in the > Dallas area is along I-635, which ends/begins at the north entrance to > DFW. > > > > Also, if I were flying on a shorter trip, I might take WN out of DFW > to MCI for example, however flying back home (SEA) after visiting my > parents in the DFW area, I?d MUCH rather fly AA. Nicer planes, better > seats, seat assignments. > > > > Clay ? SEA > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Montano [mailto:mmontano@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 4:05 PM > Subject: DFW and WN > > > > > > > > When DFW was first built, no one lived anywhere near the place, and > for Southwest it would of been foolish to move to DFW when the > taxi-cab fare would match the airfare. > > > > Nothing's changed on that regard. ($50 each-way from DFW to downtown > Dallas) > > > > But now a lot of folks live closer to DFW than Love Field, so it would > definitely make sense. > > > > And DFW rarely has the congestion problems that WN avoids like the > plague. > > > > If WN served DFW, and since it would not be subject to the DAL > restrictions on where it could fly... I, and likely many others would > pay the same or more to fly WN just to send "a message" to AA. An > interesting situation. > > > > > > On 1-Oct-04, at 11:59 AM, Clay Wardlow wrote: > > > > http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/ > 100104dnbussouth > > west.56b78.html > > > > =20 > > > > =20 > > > > Southwest may consider D/FW Airport=20 > > > > Gates to be vacated by Delta in February could entice carrier > > > > 06:22 AM CDT on Friday, October 1, 2004=20 > > > > By ERIC TORBENSON and SUZANNE MARTA / The Dallas Morning News=20 > > > > Southwest Airlines Co., which for years steadfastly avoided service > from > > sprawling Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, may be softening > its > > stance.=20 > > > > The discounter's chief executive said Thursday that executives are > > closely watching how D/FW fills gates soon to be left vacant by Delta > > Air Lines Inc.=20 > > > > "It is definitely a situation that we are monitoring," Gary Kelly, who > > was named Southwest's CEO in July, said in an interview.=20