2007-11-19 04:55:47 · 9 answers · asked by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
Air Tran, another low-cost carrier has a huge hub there. Also Delta is headquartered there. If Southwest served that city, it would have to offer flights to a lot of cities otherwise Delta and Air Tran would just match Southwest's fares to drive that airline out of the city. If Delta and Air Tran matched Southwest's fares, people would choose those carriers since most of the people who fly out of Atlanta have a frequent flyer membership with either Delta or Air Tran.
2007-11-19 05:30:14 · answer #1 · answered by potatochip 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When you fly Southwest, you should be guaranteed a seat. I don't think they oversell their flights. When you check-in, you are given a number and they board by number. Therefore if you are in the first group to board, then there is a good chance everyone can sit together. There is no assigned seating on Southwest. That is one of the downsides. However the first 2 checked bags fly free. Only thing I can suggest is whoever gets on the plane first and can secure 2 seats together, that person puts a sweater or something to show that another person has occupied that seat. If that does not work, see if a passenger is willing to trade seats with you.
2016-05-24 05:02:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some really good answers. Another reason could be that there are no gates available for Southwest to get. The gates are leased to airlines and if it is a profitable gate they don't give it up.
2007-11-19 06:29:45 · answer #3 · answered by nutwpinut 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The FAA does not decide where an airline is allowed to fly in the United States. It has not since 1978. If they can get gates, they could fly to Atlanta if they wanted to.
2007-11-20 07:19:18 · answer #4 · answered by EA 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The FAA gives contracts for each airline as to what air routes they are able to fly and which airports they are allowed to serve. They can apply for additional routes with the government but each airport can only service so many carriers.
2007-11-19 06:41:37 · answer #5 · answered by hr4me 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Possibilities
1. They cannot get a good on-time percentage to that destination.
2. It's Delta's hub so they don't want to compete?
3. Who would want to go there? (just kidding...I had a bad experience at that airport....let's just say get to the airport 2 hours early, everything from check-in, to security, to restaurant service is painfully slow at Hartsfield Intl)
2007-11-19 06:19:53 · answer #6 · answered by csucdartgirl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They will probably fly out of there sometime in the future.
*shannon
2007-11-19 06:21:31 · answer #7 · answered by Shannon 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
now thats just silly.
As a customer, you have the right!
Email them and demand what's goin' on?
2007-11-19 07:10:58 · answer #8 · answered by GSH 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
stupidity and greed
2007-11-19 05:11:10 · answer #9 · answered by doublewidemama 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋