Philly Fare Wars Intensify

[BoeingBoy]

Philadelphia fare wars intensify

By Ben Mutzabaugh, USATODAY.com

It is shaping up as one of the fiercest battles of the airline wars.

USA Today Article

Jim

 

[robbedagain]

i sure hope that us' new plan will help to turn the tide in this airfare war with out the
taking any expenses from the employees. us can and us will beat swa in phl

 

[latreal]

us can and us will beat swa in phl

Not looking at those fares! US Airways is already getting beat down and SWA has not even started service yet.
I am NO fan of SWA, but it looks like US Airways will be packing up at Philly real soon. Hate to say it but I just no longer see a viable airline in US Airways (nonwithstanding...the employees). The disappearance of US Airways would not harm consumers one bit in my opinion and service could easily be replaced by the other carriers.

 

[Colby]

Not looking at those fares! US Airways is already getting beat down and SWA has not even started service yet.
I am NO fan of SWA, but it looks like US Airways will be packing up at Philly real soon.

Here we go again.... Well U Employees.... Might as well just Pack up and Pack it in with these words of Wisdom.....

 

[usramperTPA]

Not looking at those fares! US Airways is already getting beat down and SWA has not even started service yet.
I am NO fan of SWA, but it looks like US Airways will be packing up at Philly real soon. Hate to say it but I just no longer see a viable airline in US Airways (nonwithstanding...the employees). The disappearance of US Airways would not harm consumers one bit in my opinion and service could easily be replaced by the other carriers.

Get real pal, Wn, AF, and the rest of the lcc's cherry pick their routes, they would NEVER be able to fill the vacuum in PHL should U tank. Those carriers would not provide service to DOZENS of small communities(AVP, ABE, ERI, LBE. ELM, BGM, ITH, etc) that U has served for years. If U were to go belly up, you might as well turn off the lights at that airport. I'm sure the locals would fill the WN and others leisure flights. But the real losers would be the small outlying communities that would lose important business connections.

 

[insp89]

Not looking at those fares! US Airways is already getting beat down and SWA has not even started service yet.
I am NO fan of SWA, but it looks like US Airways will be packing up at Philly real soon.

Here we go again.... Well U Employees.... Might as well just Pack up and Pack it in with these words of Wisdom.....

Colby, looks like we have another prophet,..... Just wondering why they are wasting their time in the airline industry, What a waste of talent.

 

[sfb]

Well I got a chuckle out of the article stating that WN and US would be competing on flights to Provincetown. Either US and WN are trying to capture the gay travel market, or the article's author was busy making wedding plans for himself and his partner this summer on the Cape...

Seriously, though, Southwest does not have to drive US Airways out of PHL to be successful. Remember, their business model works on driving increased traffic by offering substantially lower average fares and far more reasonable walk-up fares. If WN can profitably offer 12 daily PVD-BWI flights, I can see US and WN having enough traffic to fill 12 daily PVD-PHL flights (7 for US, 5 for WN). If US gets its costs restructured and its fare structure fixed, I can see things working out for both airlines at PHL.