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Plan for Houston Hobby international flights triggers clash between United and Southwest
A proposal by Southwest Airlines to offer international flights from Hobby Airport has triggered an intense lobbying duel with United Airlines, which still wields considerable local clout as the successor to Houston-based Continental. (www.chron.com) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Can't we all learn how to just get along.
And here we go. Another money bleeding Legacy carrier whining whenever the prospect of competition lurks. Go Southwest!
Well Ralph IAH - IS AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ALREADY ....
As one originally from Houston, I have fond memories of flying out of HOU long before IAH was built. I watched for a number of years as Hobby went slowly downhill as Intercontinental got all the big airlines and glory. When Southwest came to Hobby, that was what kept it alive as a useful, functioning airport. Now Southwest wants to expand their presence there, and United doesn't like it? My heart bleeds for United.
Does anybody remember the chaos that was Continental a number of years ago? Flights always late, lost baggage the worst in the industry, customer service a bad joke. But, by hard work, Continental went from being ranked last in every measurable performance category to winning more J.D. Power and Associates awards for Customer Satisfaction than any other airline in the world. Unfortunately, they succumbed to financial pressures and were taken over by United, who consistently has one of the lowest ratings in the industry.
Now United sees competition from Southwest as a threat, and they are trying to use claim that the proposed expansion of Southwest's services would be a bad thing? Well, yeah, it would be - for United. For everyone else it would be good, but United doesn't care about that.
Bite me, United.
Does anybody remember the chaos that was Continental a number of years ago? Flights always late, lost baggage the worst in the industry, customer service a bad joke. But, by hard work, Continental went from being ranked last in every measurable performance category to winning more J.D. Power and Associates awards for Customer Satisfaction than any other airline in the world. Unfortunately, they succumbed to financial pressures and were taken over by United, who consistently has one of the lowest ratings in the industry.
Now United sees competition from Southwest as a threat, and they are trying to use claim that the proposed expansion of Southwest's services would be a bad thing? Well, yeah, it would be - for United. For everyone else it would be good, but United doesn't care about that.
Bite me, United.
That's ok, Houston...fight all you want over this issue. Next year when Southwest starts long-haul flights out of Love Field in Dallas, well take all that international business off your hands...
I'm guessing you're from little d?
Not real sure that DAL is any more of an International facility then HOU. Probably the same issues. The DAL web site claims the DAL is the "finest regional and national airport in the world"