jwvw89 wrote:

N383SW wrote:

barney captain wrote:

Maddening isn't it? It's enough to make you block a person.

Ehem.

Seriously!! It's enough to make you want to drink or medicate yourself! How do you avoid seeing said posts?

If anyone finds a way to avoid seeing posts from certain users, please share! These posts make me want to throw my laptop against the wall! Could WN add BOI-ROC, ISP, GRU, BOM, CPT?

Someone once posted that he ("it") was a bot. I thought he was joking but.....

bb

czek6 wrote:

It would be nice to see some real growth and expansion return to BWI. I feel like WN has been stagnant to negative and basically just letting it ride.

More international destinations would be great as well as service to Syracuse, Roanoke, and maybe even Stewart, all with minimum service.

WN has added a large seasonality swing to BWI scheduling. I’m a bit surprised how large it is. This release should be better for BWI than the last one, but it won’t be as good as the next one.

I’m sure they know the market and how to manage it but it seems there are a lot of aircraft and crews idle over the winter/ early spring months.

barney captain wrote:

Click on user name - add foe. Posts now hidden.

God bless you! I had no idea this existed

jwvw89 wrote:

barney captain wrote:

Click on user name - add foe. Posts now hidden.

God bless you! I had no idea this existed

Thank you!

evank516 wrote:

Jshank83 wrote:

Since it is fun to guess on predictions, I might as well.

STL-JAX I think is the most likely if STL gets an add.

I'm surprised STL-JAX hasn't been added yet to be honest.

Hasn't STL-JAX been flown in the past?

AVLAirlineFreq wrote:

evank516 wrote:

Jshank83 wrote:

Since it is fun to guess on predictions, I might as well.

STL-JAX I think is the most likely if STL gets an add.

I'm surprised STL-JAX hasn't been added yet to be honest.

Hasn't STL-JAX been flown in the past?

You can one stop through BNA. Why overfly another focus city? If there was demand, it would be flown.

Lexy wrote:

AVLAirlineFreq wrote:

evank516 wrote:

I'm surprised STL-JAX hasn't been added yet to be honest.

Hasn't STL-JAX been flown in the past?

You can one stop through BNA. Why overfly another focus city? If there was demand, it would be flown.

The “why overfly another focus city” logic doesn’t really work. By that logic, WN ought to cut STL-FLL (overflies BNA and TPA) and BNA-SAN (overflies PHX).

Lexy wrote:

AVLAirlineFreq wrote:

evank516 wrote:

I'm surprised STL-JAX hasn't been added yet to be honest.

Hasn't STL-JAX been flown in the past?

You can one stop through BNA. Why overfly another focus city? If there was demand, it would be flown.

I think there is enough demand to fly it based on how they have added other cities from STL recently. BDL has pretty much the exact same PDEW and they just started it. MKE has the same and they fly it 2x daily. JAX has higher PDEW than CHS, which it runs in summer. It is also higher than a handful of other cities that are run from STL. Plus, WN overflies other focus cites all the time. So for me, JAX would be next on the list "IF" STL gets an add.

And I am pretty sure WN hasn't flown it in the past, at least not recently. F9 just started it 3x weekly, without any connection feed so there must be decent demand. WN could easily push them off. G4 flies it from BLV a couple times a week seasonally also.

Schedules are out:
I see STL-MBJ/PUJ

Nothing significant from ISP.
I feel bad for MHT. MDW is down to 1x daily and so is TPA.

PHX - DTW and PHX-SDF are back to daily service.

TPA-MSP/DTW seasonal flights are back. -BOS/OMA are not.

CVG-MCO

MKE-CUN is back (Saturdays)

Pretty much status quo spring break schedule at MKE with 43/day. The Saturday peak includes 6x/day to Phoenix which I believe is a new high.

Not finding much new/unusual anyplace else so far.

Did Washington Dulles get anything new? I tried to go to the route map and was having problems

Midwestindy wrote:

Schedules are out:
I see STL-MBJ/PUJ

I was thinking STL-MBJ would be an option but not both at the same time. I little surprised. Looks like 1x weekly on both.

PBI, ECP, OAK, and CHS (which is earlier than normal) are also back.

I see CMH gets OAK back for Saturday only. that seems different but maybe they will have it feed into a hawaii flight?

RIC only gains a Saturday flight to MCO

cvgComair wrote:

CVG-MCO

CVG-PHX on Saturday only too.

FYI.
We are currently accepting air reservations through April 7, 2019. On September 27, 2018 we will open our schedule for sale through June 8, 2019. This date is subject to change! Please check back frequently.

LGA-MCI reinstated on Saturdays.

TPA-CLE looks like Saturday only begins 3/9

DTW keeps the Saturday MCO and TPA. Wouldn't be surprised to see the MCO-DTW route extend beyond the normal April end date.

CVG-MCO on Saturday's is good. This is perfect due to the high competition. If it's anything like the MSP and DTW Saturday Florida routes, there should still be a decent margin even with other carriers.

EWR-FLL is Sat/Sun only with this extension. EWR-MCO still appears to be done. As I mentioned months ago, WN got crushed on these 2 route.

Anyone else notice the wanna get away fares are already sold out and I have seen a lot of $500+ one way fares

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

ibthebigd wrote:

Anyone else notice the wanna get away fares are already sold out and I have seen a lot of $500+ one way fares

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

I noticed that too. They’re probably still working on the schedule upload, there’s no way flights could have sold out that quickly.

Some new intra-TX routes too...Sundays only for now...

DAL-PBI/HRL, HOU-LBB

ibthebigd wrote:

Anyone else notice the wanna get away fares are already sold out and I have seen a lot of $500+ one way fares

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

This happened to me when I was booking a flight when one of the releases initially came out. I wanted to connect in Denver for Reno and I ended up doing PHX instead because it never came down. I don't know if they will book big groups (vacations/sports teams) before it comes out so then a bunch of seats are already sold or what.

Jshank83 wrote:

ibthebigd wrote:

Anyone else notice the wanna get away fares are already sold out and I have seen a lot of $500+ one way fares

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

This happened to me when I was booking a flight when one of the releases initially came out. I wanted to connect in Denver for Reno and I ended up doing PHX instead because it never came down. I don't know if they will book big groups (vacations/sports teams) before it comes out so then a bunch of seats are already sold or what.

I've noticed this on previous releases. Just wait a few days.

ericm2031 wrote:

Some new intra-TX routes too...Sundays only for now...

DAL-PBI/HRL, HOU-LBB

Did West Palm Beach move out of Florida?

Release.

https://www.swamedia.com/releases/relea ... top-routes

More International Service

Beginning Saturday, March 9, 2019, the carrier will add new and returning seasonal flights on Saturdays between:

St. Louis and Montego Bay, Jamaica*
St. Louis and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic*
Milwaukee and Cancun
Pittsburgh and Cancun
Raleigh-Durham and Cancun
San Antonio and Cancun
Baltimore/Washington and Cabo San Lucas/Los Cabos

New Nonstop Routes throughout the United States

Southwest also announced the beginning of new seasonal service on Saturdays effective
March 9, 2019, between:

Cleveland and Tampa
Cincinnati and Orlando

On Sunday, March 10, 2019, the carrier will begin weekly service on Sundays between:

Dallas and West Palm Beach, Fla. Dallas and Harlingen, Tex.

Houston and Lubbock

You know, I had a huge surprise with WN over the weekend. They don't fly IND-STL???

evank516 wrote:

You know, I had a huge surprise with WN over the weekend. They don't fly IND-STL???

Nope. To me its on of the STL route maps biggest gaps.

IND, SLC, JAX, ORF and CLT. In my opinion.

mwmav8r01 wrote:

evank516 wrote:

You know, I had a huge surprise with WN over the weekend. They don't fly IND-STL???

Nope. To me its on of the STL route maps biggest gaps.

IND, SLC, JAX, ORF and CLT. In my opinion.

The STL airport director said in an interview a few months ago they want to add JAX (F9 has since added), SDF, and IND service back.
I saw one from MEM that said they almost had Southwest convinced to add service to STL but then Southwest decided it was too close. That probably holds IND-STL back some as well.

I seriously don't get this "Saturday only" schedule they always seem to put out...it screams of: "We'll add the route, but do the bare minimum, so that when it fails we can say we tried." Hence why OKC always gets the shaft on MCO and BNA.

Jshank83 wrote:

mwmav8r01 wrote:

evank516 wrote:

You know, I had a huge surprise with WN over the weekend. They don't fly IND-STL???

Nope. To me its on of the STL route maps biggest gaps.

IND, SLC, JAX, ORF and CLT. In my opinion.

The STL airport director said in an interview a few months ago they want to add JAX (F9 has since added), SDF, and IND service back.
I saw one from MEM that said they almost had Southwest convinced to add service to STL but then Southwest decided it was too close. That probably holds IND-STL back some as well.

I would agree if they didn't fly IND-MDW which is closer.

evank516 wrote:

Jshank83 wrote:

mwmav8r01 wrote:

Nope. To me its on of the STL route maps biggest gaps.

IND, SLC, JAX, ORF and CLT. In my opinion.

The STL airport director said in an interview a few months ago they want to add JAX (F9 has since added), SDF, and IND service back.
I saw one from MEM that said they almost had Southwest convinced to add service to STL but then Southwest decided it was too close. That probably holds IND-STL back some as well.

I would agree if they didn't fly IND-MDW which is closer.

Demand to Chicago is also a whole lot higher though.

ericm2031 wrote:

Some new intra-TX routes too...Sundays only for now...

DAL-PBI/HRL, HOU-LBB

I'm so happy LBB is getting some LUV, first Denver now regularly scheduled flights to HOU. (WN has historically only flown LBB-HOU for Thanksgiving week only.) With Texas Tech growing so quickly it will only be a matter of time before I think HOU will be daily.

Jshank83 wrote:

evank516 wrote:

Jshank83 wrote:

The STL airport director said in an interview a few months ago they want to add JAX (F9 has since added), SDF, and IND service back.
I saw one from MEM that said they almost had Southwest convinced to add service to STL but then Southwest decided it was too close. That probably holds IND-STL back some as well.

I would agree if they didn't fly IND-MDW which is closer.

Demand to Chicago is also a whole lot higher though.

But it kills the "it's too close" argument. They also fly IND-MCI...IND-STL is less than 10 miles shorter than STL-MCI as well, if WN is building up STL, IND is necessary.

WNflyer1523 wrote:

Nothing significant from ISP.
I feel bad for MHT. MDW is down to 1x daily and so is TPA.

It's a never-ending downward spiral for MHT. DL cuts DTW, now WN cut more. What will MHT's average daily departures be in March 2019 vs March 2018 and March 2017?

RicFlyer wrote:

RIC only gains a Saturday flight to MCO

Something that doesn't go to ATL. Hey at least it's a start for RIC.

AWACSooner wrote:

I seriously don't get this "Saturday only" schedule they always seem to put out...it screams of: "We'll add the route, but do the bare minimum, so that when it fails we can say we tried." Hence why OKC always gets the shaft on MCO and BNA.

There are a pile of leisure routes that truly do have the majority of their demand on Saturdays. It keeps WN's fleet utilization high on weekends (especially Sat), when they reduce frequencies on business-heavy routes.

Dominion301 wrote:

WNflyer1523 wrote:

Nothing significant from ISP.
I feel bad for MHT. MDW is down to 1x daily and so is TPA.

It's a never-ending downward spiral for MHT. DL cuts DTW, now WN cut more. What will MHT's average daily departures be in March 2019 vs March 2018 and March 2017?

Hmm, It appears like it's another attempt to drive westward flights through BOS. The dates I checked, the wanna get away fares from MHT to MDW are $172 and $69 from BOS.
Gotta fill those BOS flights somehow!

I’m starting to wonder if WN will even exist at MHT five years from now...

I'm personally disappointed to see that SAN-IND did not return on this schedule (nor did MKE.) Thankfully, Tampa did.

The numbers simply don't support the idea that SAN-IND is a seasonal market, especially a deeply seasonal one. Since WN began flying the route last year, they've only served it during the peak season months of June thru August.

This is a golden opportunity for someone to seriously serve the market and I don't mean F9. Alaska, I'm talking to you!

bb

Jshank83 wrote:

mwmav8r01 wrote:

evank516 wrote:

You know, I had a huge surprise with WN over the weekend. They don't fly IND-STL???

Nope. To me its on of the STL route maps biggest gaps.

IND, SLC, JAX, ORF and CLT. In my opinion.

The STL airport director said in an interview a few months ago they want to add JAX (F9 has since added), SDF, and IND service back.
I saw one from MEM that said they almost had Southwest convinced to add service to STL but then Southwest decided it was too close. That probably holds IND-STL back some as well.

STL and MSY nonstops for MEM seems very logical for connections. Especially MSY, that's a 6 hr drive.

To tie IND into it , routing ?-IND-STL-MEM-MSY - ? Would offer up non stops and nice no plane change options.

Looks like SEA-MCI is being cut, or was this announced previously?

Runway28L wrote:

I’m starting to wonder if WN will even exist at MHT five years from now...

If not, it would not be a story WN should be proud of. They once had about 30 flights per day there and they let it all get away?

BA wrote:

Looks like SEA-MCI is being cut, or was this announced previously?

Southwest already announced the seasonal discontinuation of SEA-MCI nonstop service back on June 28th, and that announcement can be found at https://www.southwestaircommunity.com/t5/Southwest-Stories/Now-Packing-Up-For-Winter-January-and-February-2019-Schedules/ba-p/76079.

BA wrote:

Looks like SEA-MCI is being cut, or was this announced previously?

I think it only runs seasonal. I thought it only was gone for Jan/feb. but maybe it's longer now that DL started it.

jplatts wrote:

BA wrote:

Looks like SEA-MCI is being cut, or was this announced previously?

Southwest already announced the seasonal discontinuation of SEA-MCI nonstop service back on June 28th, and that announcement can be found at https://www.southwestaircommunity.com/t5/Southwest-Stories/Now-Packing-Up-For-Winter-January-and-February-2019-Schedules/ba-p/76079.

Thanks for that. Good information.

If I look now in March/April, I don't see flights either, do you know when it's supposed to return? Or perhaps they decided to permanently discontinue it?