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Originally posted by lisa
There are a couple more that I know of:
Southwest uses ALL the same planes. ...
They set their schedule to absolutely minimize the amount of time that a plane spends on the ground ...
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IOW Southwest has better management. Even without connections to other airlines and without ticketing through the big ticketing computer systems (ie. Saber), Southwest operates successfully. No assigned seating does not signficantly reduce expenses. Assigning seats is not an expensive operation. But keeping flights in the air and keeping to those schedules does substantially reduce expenses.
BTW the closest Southwest airport to Philly is BWI. Many local hotels run stay a night at the BWI hotel, then park all week for free. Flying at smaller airports does not reduce Southwest expenses but does mean less 'nickel and dime' harrassment to the Southwest customer.