USAirways Opening Up Nonstop Flights from PHL to SAT and AUS

[ArcticSplash]

US Airways is now opening up new non-stop routes into Texas, specifically Austin and San Antonio.

US Airways will git-along nonstop to Texas towns - Philadelphia Business Journal


Finally, no more layovers to get to SXSW or the Riverwalk.

[Naveen]

How long will it be before people start chiming in that this is actually a negative for Philadelphia because it shows how important those other cities have become, how awesome Texas is, and it's all further proof that PA/Philly are in an irreversible slide into third-world status.

[DocAwesome]

Actually, this is actually a huge negative for Philadelphia because it shows how important those other cities have become in comparison. It's all further proof that PA/Philly are in an irreversible slide into third-world status.

[ArcticSplash]

Actually, this is actually a huge negative for Philadelphia because it shows how important those other cities have become in comparison. It's all further proof that PA/Philly are in an irreversible slide into third-world status.

Not until we get non-stop direct flights to Juarez, MX can you even begin to remotely claim that.

[phillyaggie]

so, let's see. Southwest is cutting back further on its operations out of PHL. And USAir is expanding some. Seems like Southwest doesn't want to compete in this market. Can we get some other low cost carrier to come in, instead, such as JetBlue or someone?

BTW, USAir's stock symbol is LCC, which stands for "Low Cost Carrier". I kid you not!

[Naveen]

I'm not sure how long it will last, but right now Virgin seems cheaper out than Southwest to the west coast. Can't say for other places.

I'm loathe to use Southwest again. Probably one more flight cause of a voucher I have.

[Lakey]

so, let's see. Southwest is cutting back further on its operations out of PHL. And USAir is expanding some. Seems like Southwest doesn't want to compete in this market. Can we get some other low cost carrier to come in, instead, such as JetBlue or someone?

BTW, USAir's stock symbol is LCC, which stands for "Low Cost Carrier". I kid you not!

I think it's more that US is absolutely determined to defend its hub at PHL and has been willing to lose money on the routes where they compete with SW if necessary. They just aren't going to allow themselves to get run out of another market, especially not one as profitable as PHL. I was at LAX earlier this week where Terminal 1 is a monument to just one of multiple instances where US once had a hub but other airlines have come in and dominated. Now, SW has more gates there than US does in a terminal that was built for PSA which US acquired in the 1990s.

I don't think you're going to see another LCC come into PHL and establish anything more than niche service as Virgin and Alaska have recently done. Jet Blue and SW Already have nearby hubs and AirTran is being scaled back by their new owners.

AUS should be profitable for US since it's pretty heavy on business travlers at least in my exoerience Have to wonder if SAT isn't partly just to rub SW's noses in the fact that they didn't win at PHL.

[JakeL]

Actually, this is actually a huge negative for Philadelphia because it shows how important those other cities have become in comparison. It's all further proof that PA/Philly are in an irreversible slide into third-world status.

Eh? I don't understand your logic. With another nonstop flight out of Philadelphia, the city becomes all the easier for traveling. As a consultant, I'm often flying all over the country and grateful to be in Philadelphia with easy access to flights and the east coast cities via Amtrak. Unless we're trying to go for some sort of isolationist city model, I don't see how more connections to other cities is a bad thing.

[DocAwesome]

No logic. It was a response to the inquiry made at my original post -1.

[Cya]

It always amazes me when I go to the airport and see how many people are getting on planes and flying to various destinations. Thousands a day!
Where is everybody going??
Why are they going there? Business? Vacation?

Some airlines run the same route multiple times a day. That's a lot of people. Where's everybody going?

[billy ross]

US Airways is now opening up new non-stop routes into Texas, specifically Austin and San Antonio.

US Airways will git-along nonstop to Texas towns - Philadelphia Business Journal


Finally, no more layovers to get to SXSW or the Riverwalk.

The Riverwalk is terrible. Words can't describe how disappointed I was when I went there to check it out. The only things more disappointing were the Alamo and all of the sprawl we had to go through to get to the Alamo and the Riverwalk. Austin, on the other hand, is pretty awesome. Eff SAT; I can't see why someone would voluntarily live there if they had other choices.

How long will it be before people start chiming in that this is actually a negative for Philadelphia because it shows how important those other cities have become, how awesome Texas is, and it's all further proof that PA/Philly are in an irreversible slide into third-world status.

Actually, with two pro-energy and pro-business development governors in a row (and with advances in resource extraction and transportation), PA's been making up lost time and seems to be in the process of becoming an industrial behemoth again. It's nice to be relevant. The wealth that we used to have as a state was staggering, and while we didn't lose 100% of it in the bad old days, we did lose the industries that created that wealth. Now we're getting them back again, and the future's looking pretty bright here in PA. Philly's off of the mat, and so are Pittsburgh and Lancaster - all three places are healing nicely and showing signs of strength again. Harrisburg and Scranton and Allentown are still a mess, so it isn't all rosy in this state, but things are trending in the right direction, especially in the rural areas, which are benefitting from the resurgence in resource extraction and will benefit more as separation fees are instituted, and in the larger cities, which are benefitting from the continued urbanization of our country where population is drawn, black hole-like, to the largest metro areas, and also from the back to downtown movement where the people at the top spectrum of society want town-type living again instead of placeless, disorienting sprawl.