Airtran is now Southwest

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

https://www.southwest.com/html/air/airtran.html

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

That happened a couple years ago in Branson, and then SW dumped Branson.

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

That happened a couple years ago in Branson, and then SW dumped Branson.

Well that was because they couldn't find the airport.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...ing-off-runway

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

I can now go to Aruba and Costa Rica and Nassau and San Juan from my local ISP airport. It is 37 minutes from my house.
This is a goooood change for me.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Well that was because they couldn't find the airport.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...ing-off-runway

I'm not surprised it hasn't happened more. Here's the Branson Airport, and the other one at College of the Ozarks is next to the word "Hollister". The runway has about the same orientation.

The Branson Airport was/is/always will be a total folly.

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

Airline mergers are the bane of consumers. That is driving up fares and driving down the perks of ff programs. Six airlines to three, of the legacy airlines, means less competition and consumers lose. I would love to see Ryan Air make the move they have talked about for years and organized a real LCC in North America. That would at least shake things up on the fare competition side.