SWALUVFA From United States of America, joined May 2002, 272 posts, RR: 7 Posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1305 times:
Ok...these are from RUMORS only, I repeat RUMORS only! But.....from word of mouth at Southwest, I have been hearing that they have planned to open three cities in 2003:
OPNLguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1275 times:
With 150+ cities lobbying for service, there are 150+ rumored new cities to be served.
Word here is no new cities this year, and absent any general recovery in the national, it's my personal opinion that there may be fewer than 3 (if any) new cities in 2003.
AA717driver From United States of America, joined Feb 2002, 1566 posts, RR: 14 Reply 2, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1263 times:
How about IND-STL? You'd think with AA being high cost compared to SWA, this would be a prime market.TC
Jsnww81 From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 1859 posts, RR: 17 Reply 3, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 1205 times:
Southwest has been very up-front about their intention to serve Richmond once the airport expansion is complete. As for Allentown, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them head there - they can catch lots of New Jersey and Philadelphia traffic there.
I'm not so sure about Westchester, though. It's in the middle of NIMBY central - wealthy folks who have limited the airport's capacity and put the kibosh on several proposed expansions. If Southwest decides to serve another New York-area airport, I'd put my money on Newburgh/Stewart before Westchester.
I predict over the next five years, we'll see some (not ALL) of these cities: Allentown, Richmond, Newburgh, Fresno, Colorado Springs, and Fort Myers. Some of the cities on the *maybe* list - a little small for Southwest but still possibilities in my opinion - are Eugene (Oregon), Burlington (Vermont), either Panama City or Fort Walton Beach, Chattanooga or Huntsville, and Greenville/Spartanburg.
ScottysAir From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1122 times:
Well, can you tell me about exactly what is think will have a chance with the new cities into 2003 by the 3 airport goes on with northeast cities at the airport. And this is rights need get expansion as for new nonstop soon. Don't kind need more new flight out of MCO, FLL, BWI, BNA, MSY, PHX, LAS flight too. Well, hope this is your helpful. Thanks!!
LoneStarMike From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 3644 posts, RR: 38 Reply 5, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1107 times:
Southwest has been very up-front about their intention to serve Richmond once the airport expansion is complete.
Personally, I don't think we'll see RIC next year. As I remember the press release when they announced ORF, they said one of the reasons they didn't pick RIC at the time was that they were waiting for terminal expansions to be completed at MDW and ISP. From what I've read on other boards, the ISP expansion hasn't even started yet.
Jsnww81 From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 1859 posts, RR: 17 Reply 6, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1065 times:
Southwest will get its first new gates at Midway this coming spring. When their new concourse is fully complete, they'll have 19 gates, over the 13 they have currently. That's an increase of 6 gates - Southwest should be able to expand the MDW operation considerably.
I'm guessing MDW will see nonstop service to PDX, ALB, BUF, ORF, RIC, ABE, SAT (or AUS), SLC and possibly JAX. Frequencies, especially to Florida and the Northeast, will be beefed up as well.
I didn't realize ISP was preparing for terminal expansion. The airport always struck me as pretty temporary-looking anyhow.
BA From United States of America, joined May 2000, 11135 posts, RR: 61 Reply 7, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1048 times:
COS is keeping the East Terminal (small 5 gate terminal build for WestPac, but never used) for Southwest.
One of Southwest's request was to have a connector pedestrian bridge between the main terminal and the East Terminal. COS immediately started construction on it and it finished last year.
Now COS waits and hopes.
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LoneStarMike From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 3644 posts, RR: 38 Reply 8, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 989 times:
I didn't realize ISP was preparing for terminal expansion. The airport always struck me as pretty temporary-looking anyhow.
Well, at one time, ISP was preparing for terminal expansion. There was an article in one of the local papers up there back in July, 2001 announcing it.
MacArthur Airport To Add New Terminal Southwest To Pay 35 Million 07/04/2001
Shortly after 9-11 one of the posters on another message board who lives in the area said that construction had been stopped. Had construction not been halted it would have been finished by now.
It's been a long time since I read the threads on this and other boards regarding the expansion, but I seem to remember that Southwest's new gates were going to be added onto the end of the terminal and they were going to be upper-level gates connected to the main lobby/ticketing area by a skybridge. The current ground level Southwest gates (underneath the proposed skybridge?) were to be converted to office space.
I also vaguely recall that at least one poster on another board felt like Southwest would eventually add more upper-level gates on either side of the skybridge in between the 4 new gates and the main lobby, but the threads on the other sites regarding this topic have long since archived, so I can't go back and check.
LoneStarMike From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 3644 posts, RR: 38 Reply 9, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 980 times:
Oh, and speaking of SWF (Newburgh), here is an article about them from last year that I don't remember reading.
Airline plans on hold AVIATION: Southwest is shelving its expansion plans for 2002. What does this mean for Stewart International Airport? 12/12/2001
Alaskaairlines From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 2054 posts, RR: 17 Reply 10, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 958 times:
Wish they had ABE already going! Sure could use some low airfare!
ChrisNH From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3807 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 943 times:
Hmmm...it appears as though Southwest will have four gates up here in Manchester before they have their supposed four gates down at ISP. With 9,250 feet of new concrete coming on-line next year (17-35 extension), could Manchester end up being what ISP was supposed to be? While we also need to construct new gates to allow WN to get their four, I think (by virtue of the delays I hear about at ISP) we're closer to getting them than they are.
LoneStarMike From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 3644 posts, RR: 38 Reply 12, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 812 times:
There was an article in the Los Angeles Times about Southwest which touched on Southwest's possible plans for expansion.
Southwest Still Soaring as Other Airlines Stall Rivals and analysts are watching closely to see in which markets the carrier will expand next 10/06/2002
The highlights of the article as it pertained to Southwest's expansion plans seemed to be that:
1. Even though Herb stepped down as President and CEO and remains on as Chairman of the Board, strateic planning and fleet planning is still up to him and him alone. He has the final say on any possible new cities or new service between existing cities.
2. Analysts expect to see increased service in the Chicago and Florida markets. (I wouldn't rule out increased long-haul service from HOU, either, seeing as how Southwest is getting ready to complete a new 24-gate concourse there.)
3. Any new city will most likely be one where another carrier pulled out or drastically reduced service and is now over-priced and under-served.
Cmk10 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 513 posts, RR: 4 Reply 13, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 733 times:
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. HPN BABY! Any idea where theyd fly thre from here? BWI maybe but CO and Pan Am already fly that route. I really hope we get service here.
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Scottb From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 6365 posts, RR: 34 Reply 14, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 641 times:
My understanding was that around the time Southwest was negotiating to start service at ISP, they were also very actively interested in HPN; I'd also read that the county was either uninterested in having WN fly there or was unwilling to commit to allowing WN to expand to the size they'd like in future. I don't know if the county's attitude has changed in the wake of the drop in traffic post-9/11 -- especially given the high concentration of very wealthy NIMBY's who vote in the area. The only possibility I can see is that the local business community may have quietly suggested that they'd like to see lower fares at HPN.
I'd still be very, very, very surprised if WN were to start serving HPN, though.
MIA777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2002, 1165 posts, RR: 6 Reply 15, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 617 times:
Can EYW's runway handle a 737...i think an FLL-EYW hop would be great...
Boeingfan From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 385 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 573 times:
Good business sense airline. What makes sense. No new cities are what I've heard until end of 2003 or 2004. What is going to make the most revenue, and what type of "perks" are in the package is where WN will fly.
ABE - BWI or ABE - PVD would be nice? Look for high frequency cities, with gate space and land/take off slots.
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From United States of America, joined May 2002, 272 posts, 
But.....from word of mouth at Southwest, I have been hearing that they have planned to open three cities in 2003:
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