SW cancels flights?

[ShaneH]

Anyone hear anything about SW canceling some flights? My wife said she heard something about it today on the news but I cant find anything about it.

 

[Mouseaholic!!!]

Maybe it's the story about SW cutting 6% of it's schedule next year.

 

[ShaneH]

Could be, have not heard anything about that either but thanks.

 

[Snoozan]

I heard on our local news last nite that SW is cutting some flights from Manchester, NH, Providence and Hartford, CT, but didn't catch when this was starting - I'm thinking in the winter sometime. It was a couple flights or so to Orlando and they're hoping it's not permanent.

 

[Jestocost]

But in SWA's case, they cut the flights from their schedules before they allow anyone to book them. So far, they have not cut their schedules back after they have allowed people to book, which is better than most of the other airlines. The current buzz reflects flights that are on their schedules today, but were missing from the Jan-March schedules that were released last week.

 

[disneyfaninaz]

SWA only releases a few months of their schedule at a time. They don't release their schedule until it is set. Once released, barring weather or mechanical problems, SWA never cancels or changes flight times.

This is why I love flying SWA.

It has been reported that SWA has removed 190 routes from their list of flights. However, they have also added flights to more lucrative markets. The next schedule release is set for November 20th. The new flight schedules will be available at this time.

 

[debster812]

SWA appears to have cut out (as opposed to cancelled) their flights, before they published their next round of dates.

Case in point. We are flying SWA in February, PVD to RSW. There are only 5 flights on that route in February. In January, there are 6. So one got eliminated with the most recent round of flights published.

 

[ShaneH]

Thanks guys. Sounds like they are cutting back but doing it the RIGHT way.

 

[DisFlan]

SW also says that the cut backs are for certain flights/routes during the slower winter months - which I believe they've done to some extent in the past. They've actually added a few flights in other areas.


DisFlan