Bill, first of all, I love your blog!!! Now that I've buttered you up real good, (lol), I was hoping that Southwest isn't finished analyzing possible schedule additions at STL. I read what you said about DEN being a good airport for additional flights due to it's geographic location and the ability for connections. Well I know you are then aware that STL is even better for that than is DEN, as it's near the population center of the country as well as its geographic center. And of course STL is a larger metropolitan area than DEN. And also that STL will no longer have a hub airline to compete with, as opposed to TWO hubs at DEN with UA and Frontier. And of course STL has fewer weather interruptions than DEN.
I'd love to see you add flights from STL to AUS, also STL>SAT, STL>IND, and STL>PDX, all of which were cut by AA. I believe that none of these cities will have nonstop service after AA finishes destroying it's STL hub in April. Other possibilities are STL>SFO (although I know UA just announced that new nonstop route) or STL>OAK. I think the O/D demand between these two large metropolitan areas can certainly justify more than one daily nonstop flight! I would also love to see you make the Nashville commenter happy by reconsidering STL>BNA! 🙂
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