Do any of you Southwest guys know about this flight? http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA7439
Looks Like a Charter Of Some Sort As WN Does Not Normally Serve KCOS (Colorado Springs)
87GROUNDED From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 121 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (4 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1637 times:
It looks like a military charter from HOP to COS and then an empty flight back to DAL. The HOP-COS flight probably had USArmy troops from Fort Campbell returning to Fort Carson.
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Lexy From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 2362 posts, RR: 9 Reply 2, posted (4 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1631 times:
Quoting 87GROUNDED (Reply 1): It looks like a military charter from HOP to COS and then an empty flight back to DAL. The HOP-COS flight probably had USArmy troops from Fort Campbell returning to Fort Carson.
OPNLguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (4 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1544 times:
Anytime one sees a SWA aircraft at an airport not normally served by SWA, and it's a weekend, and the flight has an odd-looking flight number, one can pretty much bet their boots that it's a live charter flight, or an empty positioning ferry associated with a charter.
AirframeAS From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 14150 posts, RR: 26 Reply 5, posted (4 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1503 times:
Guys, we see these threads alot. As OPNL has said in the recent reply: If you see a WN jet in another airport that it does not normally serve the chances are it is a charter for the U.S. Military.
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EMBQA From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 9286 posts, RR: 13 Reply 6, posted (4 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1468 times:
Quoting OPNLguy (Reply 4): Anytime one sees a SWA aircraft at an airport not normally served by SWA, and it's a weekend
I saw a Southwest flight land here in Nashville today...does that mean its a charter too....?? Ohhh wait......
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Wjcandee From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 4553 posts, RR: 17 Reply 8, posted (4 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1360 times:
Quoting AirframeAS (Reply 5): Guys, we see these threads alot. As OPNL has said in the recent reply: If you see a WN jet in another airport that it does not normally serve the chances are it is a charter for the U.S. Military.
Quoting OPNLguy (Reply 4): Anytime one sees a SWA aircraft at an airport not normally served by SWA, and it's a weekend, and the flight has an odd-looking flight number, one can pretty much bet their boots that it's a live charter flight, or an empty positioning ferry associated with a charter.
We run lots of charters...
FWIW, what OPNLguy said is "it's a charter", not "it's a military charter". WN does plenty of charters that aren't military. That said, WN is the largest provider of military charter lift in the domestic (not international, domestic) market.
PITops From United States of America, joined May 2007, 1442 posts, RR: 4 Reply 9, posted (4 years 11 months 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1250 times:
Quoting Wjcandee (Reply 8): FWIW, what OPNLguy said is "it's a charter", not "it's a military charter". WN does plenty of charters that aren't military. That said, WN is the largest provider of military charter lift in the domestic (not international, domestic) market.
We had at least 4 military charters in PIT a few weeks ago.
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