Southwest is coming to SYR

[SmilinBob]

So Seeing that United is reducing capacity and mainline service in general and re-timing their flight to DEN. I loved that mid-afternoon departure window from Hancock, and the early-bird trip from DEN. Hit the sweet spot for me. The new timing is late night inbound, early morning Back to Den. If SWA was smart it would take advantage of the rebasing of the flight time and drawing down of capacity to Chicago/ dc area and add service that takes the United flights' place. Not likely but there is an opportunity.

You give Marty McFly a whole other meaning I never thought of.

 

[TexanMark]

So Seeing that United is reducing capacity and mainline service in general and re-timing their flight to DEN. I loved that mid-afternoon departure window from Hancock, and the early-bird trip from DEN. Hit the sweet spot for me. The new timing is late night inbound, early morning Back to Den. If SWA was smart it would take advantage of the rebasing of the flight time and drawing down of capacity to Chicago/ dc area and add service that takes the United flights' place. Not likely but there is an opportunity.

If SWA continues to only have 3 BWI flights to SYR, it obviously makes sense for them to add at least two flights a day to MDW.

MDW allows some fairly efficient connections out west and even to Florida.

 

[sutomcat]

If SWA continues to only have 3 BWI flights to SYR, it obviously makes sense for them to add at least two flights a day to MDW.

MDW allows some fairly efficient connections out west and even to Florida.

Let's get on this and get it in place in time for the SU-Purdue game in September.

Looks like the other SWA hub city that we might eventually see daily flights from Syracuse is Atlanta.

Let's get on this and get it in place for the SU-Georgia Tech game this coming season.

SWA, you are on the clock...

 

[Marty McFly]

Another Southern Hub city that seems to be adding bandwidth is Nashville, could be a SWA play to take a run at American and Charlotte's hub as far as demand is concerned. I still think SW can be profitable with a once daily to DEN, 2 x MDW, and a ATL/BNA or AUS turn. Seems like a slam dunk.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[sutomcat]

This looks like a nice new way to get to western US cities from Syracuse. Might become important for trips to Cali for SU olympic sports teams in the future. Too bad right now it is only seasonal.

New airline coming to Syracuse

Nonstop flights to Minneapolis-St. Paul to start in 2024.

www.syracuse.com

 

[Marty McFly]

This looks like a nice new way to get to western US cities from Syracuse. Might become important for trips to Cali for SU olympic sports teams in the future. Too bad right now it is only seasonal.

New airline coming to Syracuse

Nonstop flights to Minneapolis-St. Paul to start in 2024.

www.syracuse.com

Not sure how important this new route will be. I'd personally rather have delta service back at MSP, or SW to Denver. Not sure if that will ever happen, but Ultra low cost carriers like these don't move the needle for me.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Southwest Airlines to pull out of Syracuse

Syracuse, NY -(WSYR-TV) – Southwest Airlines informed the Syracuse Airport Authority Thursday morning that it will be pulling out of Hancock International Airport in August. The Airport Autho…

www.localsyr.com

 

[Cusefan0307]

Southwest Airlines to pull out of Syracuse

Syracuse, NY -(WSYR-TV) – Southwest Airlines informed the Syracuse Airport Authority Thursday morning that it will be pulling out of Hancock International Airport in August. The Airport Autho…

www.localsyr.com

We can thank Boeing and their incompetence for this. SW isn't getting planes delivered to replace their aging fleet.

 

[xc84]

We can thank Boeing and their incompetence for this. SW isn't getting planes delivered to replace their aging fleet.

SWA has plenty of problems besides the aircraft shortage.

 

[orange79]

Southwest Airlines to pull out of Syracuse

Syracuse, NY -(WSYR-TV) – Southwest Airlines informed the Syracuse Airport Authority Thursday morning that it will be pulling out of Hancock International Airport in August. The Airport Autho…

www.localsyr.com

A frustrated Syracuse could not be reached for comment.

 

[Marty McFly]

It makes no sense from a business decision and "network optimization" pov as load factors were beating expectations. Did they just cut the most recently added cities to their network? I could see cutting certain routes or frequencies but this seems short sighted...

 

[storange]

It makes no sense from a business decision and "network optimization" pov as load factors were beating expectations. Did they just cut the most recently added cities to their network? I could see cutting certain routes or frequencies but this seems short sighted...

Yea , when I saw the headline I assumed they had too many empty seats. Not the case, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Spirit or Avelo coming in real soon given the fact that Hancock #s are at all time high and long term planners know Micron is coming.

 

[sutomcat]

We can thank Boeing and their incompetence for this. SW isn't getting planes delivered to replace their aging fleet.

I feel for anyone who booked Southwest for the Las Vegas or Cal football road trips.

I have a voucher with them for $100. I guess I gotta use it or lose it soon.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I feel for anyone who booked Southwest for the Las Vegas or Cal football road trips.

I have a voucher with them for $100. I guess I gotta use it or lose it soon.

They still operate out of ROC and BUF.

 

[storange]

I feel for anyone who booked Southwest for the Las Vegas or Cal football road trips.

I have a voucher with them for $100. I guess I gotta use it or lose it soon.

I have return from RDU on SW ( few days of golf at my friends in Cary where you played) Luckily it’s in June .

 

[GreekFreak]

They still operate out of ROC and BUF.

Albany as well.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Weird that the Boeing issue is only affecting Syracuse routes - hmm.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Weird that the Boeing issue is only affecting Syracuse routes - hmm.

Bellingham International Airport (Washington), Cozumel International Airport (Mexico), Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, and Syracuse Hancock International Airport all lost service. .

 

[Cusefan95]

It makes no sense from a business decision and "network optimization" pov as load factors were beating expectations. Did they just cut the most recently added cities to their network? I could see cutting certain routes or frequencies but this seems short sighted...

Ten years ago I used to fly Southwest pretty often. Not sure what all the factors are, but everything about flying SW got steadily worse over the last decade - I only fly Southwest now if I don’t have any other viable option and know going in I’ll probably regret it.

Them making a decision which makes no long term sense has been SOP for quite a while now…

 

[Marty McFly]

I was hopeful they would add a turn to Denver or Midway, the connections really were limited in BWI (although) in a vacuum still better then the offering from United or AA in the area. With Delays pushing into 2025 from Boeing, not hopeful WN gets back here anytime soon.