Comments on: Airline Market Shake-Out

By: Signifying Nothing

Signifying Nothing — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 05:29:22 +0000

I hate to fly... and it shows
James Joyner rounds up the latest aviation news, including lower fares on Delta, reduced service on Independence Air, and new Southwest service to Pittsburgh (already served by low-fare carrier airTran). I suppose this is good news for most air travell...

By: Accidental Verbosity

Accidental Verbosity — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:43:08 +0000

We apologize for the delay, and thank you for flying Verbosity Airlines.
We're still cheaper than Delta, even after the latest round of price cuts. Of course, we don't really go anywhere a lot of the time, either. I'm hoping the latest round of price cuts will get us a visit from certain friends and family s...

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:05:40 +0000

I hope Independance Air makes it. I just flew them from Dulles to Providence, and their staff was extremely helpful friendly and efficient.

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:21:14 +0000

National is just getting back to pre 9/11 traffic levels. I haven't flown out of there for a year so can't say what security lines are like now but I imagine it's longer then it was back then. After 9/11, National was a pleasure to fly out of compared to the zoo at Dulles and BWI. But if Southwest moves into National (and I don't really see how many flights or gates they'll be able to secure since real estate is really limited there), the lines will become phenomenal just like what happened at BWI after they moved in. Problem with Southwest (and I'm one of their fans) is that the hordes inevitably follow their arrival.