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Southwest Airlines crazy expansion!

Posted on 2/25/21 at 9:11 pm
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
15090 posts
Posted on 2/25/21 at 9:11 pm
The announcement and launch of 16 new cities after the pandemic began. This after complaining about not having enough aircraft a few years ago.

Latest announcements

Destin/Ft. Walton Beach - BNA/BWI/DAL/MDW starting in May. 11th station in Florida!

LINK

Bozeman, Montana - LAS/DEN also starting in May.
This post was edited on 2/25/21 at 9:12 pm
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78084 posts
Posted on 2/25/21 at 9:30 pm to
Interesting timing for this. Must be aimed for leisurely travel and not business travel.

Numerous reports and predictions call for business travel to not recover for 5 years or even longer.
Posted by Caymus
Houston
Member since Jul 2015
1213 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 12:11 am to
Makes no sense to fly into Destin/Ft. Walton when they already fly into PNS and ECP
Posted by pjab
Member since Mar 2016
5753 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 7:41 am to
Flights from DEN>Bozeman were $59 each way yesterday. You can fly and drive to Big Sky faster than driving from Denver to Breck on a Saturday morning.
Posted by bigpapamac
Mobile, AL
Member since Oct 2007
22582 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 8:10 am to
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Makes no sense to fly into Destin/Ft. Walton when they already fly into PNS and ECP


Found this a little odd too.
Posted by Hat Tricks
Member since Oct 2003
28906 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 8:12 am to
Dallas to Bozeman roundtrip for around $200. That's pretty awesome.
Posted by TheNolaClap
Jersey Shore (not fist pump)
Member since Jun 2012
1526 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 8:15 am to
That bozeman route is huge. Going to take advantage of the free bags for hunts.
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
23794 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 8:36 am to
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Makes no sense to fly into Destin/Ft. Walton when they already fly into PNS and ECP


Unless they plan to get rid of ECP or PNS or both? Makes a lot more sense for Destin (VPS) to be used in the middle of the 3 then the other 2.

Southwest was given a sweetheart deal to go into ECP when ECP first opened, I'm just spitballing here but its possible that promotion is ending so they are opening their options? VPS is in the middle of the 3 and roughly 55-75 minutes from both PNS and ECP.

ETA: I love this, Allegiant's growth, and some other direct flight routes.

This post was edited on 2/26/21 at 8:39 am
Posted by PrettyBird
Aspen
Member since Feb 2010
10404 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:30 am to
Holy smokes! This is amazing, I am booking a Bozeman weekend trip for June today.

Thanks for this post!
Posted by Caymus
Houston
Member since Jul 2015
1213 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:40 am to
Good point here

I hope they do not pull out of either
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
15090 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 11:06 pm to
I know PNS, VPS and ECP account for a massive military presence spread between them with lots of coming and going year round. Lots of retirement money along with tourism being more year round than it once was.
Posted by SippyCup
Gulf Coast
Member since Sep 2008
6934 posts
Posted on 2/27/21 at 5:48 am to
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Numerous reports and predictions call for business travel to not recover for 5 years or even longer.


I’m not sure business travel will ever fully recover. The days of flying out just to have a face to face are long gone and probably for the better. Such a waste of money.
Posted by midlothianlsu
Midlothian, Texas
Member since Oct 2009
1800 posts
Posted on 2/27/21 at 8:19 am to
We go to Destin. Renting a car from either of the current airports and driving thru the traffic is a beating.
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
59935 posts
Posted on 2/27/21 at 5:59 pm to
That’s exciting - I’ve been thinking of booking short flights for my kids that haven’t been on a plane before.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 2/27/21 at 10:42 pm to
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Bozeman
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