Gothamist: Southwest Plans LaGuardia Presence

vic3000

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:51:09 -0500

stradegy. mispelled in earlier post.

vic3000

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:48:37 -0500

The way things are now. I think a southwest would harm themselves by not being open to new stadegy. I hope they have success at LGA and I hope they even build a new Terminal although they don't need to at first. That would be way down the line.

NannyState

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:39:52 -0500

^ That's true, but I guess I meant terminals on the scale of a JFK or ORD :P

nycnewsjunkie

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:46:34 -0500

#15 "Southwest doesn't build terminals." They just did at ISP.

NannyState

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:50:47 -0500

^Landing fees and slots. Southwest won't pay a high landing fee. And they'd have to build their own terminal. Southwest doesn't build terminals.

Gothamist_Cynic

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:44:41 -0500

Gah why not JFK? LaGuardia blows.

lindsayfunke

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:16:32 -0500

SWEET, flights into Love (when I visit home) are always cheaper than flights into DFW, but it's kind of a pain to get out to Islip.

Tower18

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:14:42 -0500

OMG this is so exciting!! I'm moving to NYC and I was really going to miss the convenient Southwest service I get at Chicago Midway.

NannyState

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:35:50 -0500

Fly Southwest to Bosnia.

longacre

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:51:49 -0500

#9: Not necessarily, since there is plenty of competition on the New York-Chicago route. American, United, JetBlue, Delta and Continental all fly to Midway and O'Hare from LaGuardia, JFK and Newark.

point72389

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:43:28 -0500

I have a feeling this will jack up the prices between New York and Chicago significantly because of the "added convenience". It's not far at all to take the LIRR from MacArthur for an hour and 15 minutes to Penn station when you consider that it costs like $50 each way to fly between the two cities. STAY CHEAP SOUTHWEST!!

longacre

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:27:08 -0500

Matty: Southwest does not fly to Newark. You used to be able to book ATA Newark and LaGuardia flights through Southwest. Pitch: Yes they do.

Pitch

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:21:39 -0500

Doesn't Southwest fly to Islip?

Toby von Meistersinger

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:57:46 -0500

Hopefully this will kill of some airlines that deserve to die *cough*USAir*cough*.

matty

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:48:47 -0500

or did i take ATA? i forget. anyway, this good cause southwest is cheap.

matty

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:47:42 -0500

southwest does too fly to newark

henricus

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:41:49 -0500

Honestly, by the time I get off a plane I'm at the point where 25 bucks to my apartment seems worth it.

breaknight

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:38:07 -0500

"What Love Field is to Dallas, Hobby Airport is to Houston, and Midway Airport is to Chicago, LaGuardia Airport is to New York City." --Except with no reasonable way to get to Manhattan aside from a cab. And PLEASE don't tell me the M60 is "reasonable". I don't know about Houston or Dallas, but at least Midway has a subway stop.

matty

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:37:57 -0500

Thanks fucking god. Taking southwest from midway to newark is akin to getting to new york via mule train.