Southwest goes the other way: adds more flights than it cuts (Winging It)

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Southwest goes the other way: adds more flights than it cuts

Southwest announced today that it's adding 40 flights and eliminating 31 as of Nov. 2. The changes at PHL are minor: One fewer daily roundtrip to Orlando and Pittsburgh, one more to Tampa. Read the full list here.

Posted by Tom Belden on June 26, 2008 4:07 PM | Permalink

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Jim McCloskey:

That kind of sums up how they view the business in regards to the other airlines. The rest of the industry is cutting, slashing, and adding charges, and they tweak the schedule to add more seats where demand dictates.

Posted by Jim McCloskey | June 27, 2008 8:07 AM

Posted on June 27, 2008 08:07

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Tom Belden, a former Inquirer business writer, has written about Philadelphia International Airport, airlines, the travel industry, the conventions and meetings business for 25 years. He has traveled to all 50 states and extensively in Europe and Mexico.