Southwest announces initial six PHL routes

All are routes served nonstops by US Airways. Article is available at
http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/031212/0019000016_1.html or read below:

Dow Jones Business News
Southwest Air to Rival US Air in Philadelphia
Friday December 12, 12:19 am ET

Southwest Airlines said it will initially fly to six cities from
Philadelphia International Airport in May, going head-to-head with US
Airways Group Inc. on some of that carrier's biggest routes, Friday's
Wall Street Journal reported.

Southwest will launch nonstop service between Philadelphia and
Chicago, Las Vegas, Orlando, Fla., Phoenix, Providence, R.I., and
Tampa, Fla. US Airways provides nonstop service between all six of
those city-pairs, and four are among its top 11 markets out of
Philadelphia, its largest hub.

Dallas-based Southwest's entry into a city typically sharply boosts
the number of fliers by unleashing low fares and frequent flights into
markets. It also tends to shift market share to the low-fare carrier
from higher-priced competitors that struggle to compete in a low-fare
environment.

Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter Melanie Trottman contributed to
this report.

(Boxall's Accommodation) wrote in message . com...
[snip]
Southwest will launch nonstop service between Philadelphia and
Chicago, Las Vegas, Orlando, Fla., Phoenix, Providence, R.I., and
Tampa, Fla.
[snip]

Okay, why do they list most of those cities without reference
to the state names except Orlando, Tampa, and Providence? Is
there some population size at which they don't list states
anymore? Are they concerned someone might think they mean
Orlando, OK, but not Las Vegas, TX?

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(me) wrote:

(Boxall's Accommodation) wrote in message

[snip]
Southwest will launch nonstop service between Philadelphia and
Chicago, Las Vegas, Orlando, Fla., Phoenix, Providence, R.I., and
Tampa, Fla.
[snip]

Okay, why do they list most of those cities without reference
to the state names except Orlando, Tampa, and Providence? Is
there some population size at which they don't list states
anymore? Are they concerned someone might think they mean
Orlando, OK, but not Las Vegas, TX?

They're following Associated Press style. The AP Stylebook says that "The
norms that influenced the selection [of cities that do not require state
names] were the population of the city, the population of its
metropolitan region, the frequency of the city¹s appearance in the news,
the uniqueness of its name, and experience that has shown the name to be
almost synonymous with the state or nation where it is located."
--
D.F. Manno

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin)

Las Vegas NEVADA, or NEW MEXICO (used to be NM was a bigger 'Vegas - until
"roll 'dem bones, etc)

"D.F. Manno" wrote in message
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(me) wrote:

(Boxall's Accommodation) wrote in message

[snip]
Southwest will launch nonstop service between Philadelphia and
Chicago, Las Vegas, Orlando, Fla., Phoenix, Providence, R.I., and
Tampa, Fla.
[snip]

Okay, why do they list most of those cities without reference
to the state names except Orlando, Tampa, and Providence? Is
there some population size at which they don't list states
anymore? Are they concerned someone might think they mean
Orlando, OK, but not Las Vegas, TX?

They're following Associated Press style. The AP Stylebook says that "The
norms that influenced the selection [of cities that do not require state
names] were the population of the city, the population of its
metropolitan region, the frequency of the city¹s appearance in the news,
the uniqueness of its name, and experience that has shown the name to be
almost synonymous with the state or nation where it is located."
--
D.F. Manno

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin)

Wow!! Major pain for US Airways!! I never would have thought that WN would
have made such an obvious strategic move to cut off US Airways at their
knees from day one. Providence and Chicago I would have predicted, however,
I would have assumed they would leave it at four cities--perhaps St. Louis
and either Houston or Nashville for the other two. The long range Florida
and West Coast routes will be relatively low yield compared to Chicago and
Providence, but the strategy is interesting.

This is the first acknowledgement by WN that Jet Blue "exists." The
statement that WN is making is that US Airways is all but dead and they want
to pre-empt Jet Blue in cheap long range operations. Jet Blue is almost
invisible in size compared to WN at this time, but they obviously see the
limited success that Jet Blue has had in long range operations and they want
to outdo their tiny competitor. WN's 737-700s can fly high, fast and
cheap--much cheaper than anyone else.

It will be interesting to see how WN's agressive tactics will play out in
PHL.

"D.F. Manno" wrote:

\They're following Associated Press style. The AP Stylebook says that "The
norms that influenced the selection [of cities that do not require state
names] were the population of the city, the population of its
metropolitan region, the frequency of the city¹s appearance in the news,
the uniqueness of its name, and experience that has shown the name to be
almost synonymous with the state or nation where it is located."

This is the same "Stylebook" that considers "innocent" to be not only equal
to "not guilty" but preferred to it.

"D.F. Manno" wrote in message news:dommanno-
Okay, why do they list most of those cities without reference
to the state names except Orlando, Tampa, and Providence? Is
there some population size at which they don't list states
anymore? Are they concerned someone might think they mean
Orlando, OK, but not Las Vegas, TX?

They're following Associated Press style.

Almost. They're following Dow Jones style.

George W. Russell
Hanoi

Hanoi, Vietnam, that is.

"D.F. Manno" wrote in message news:dommanno-
Okay, why do they list most of those cities without reference
to the state names except Orlando, Tampa, and Providence? Is
there some population size at which they don't list states
anymore? Are they concerned someone might think they mean
Orlando, OK, but not Las Vegas, TX?

They're following Associated Press style.

Almost. They're following Dow Jones style.

George W. Russell
Hanoi

Hanoi, Vietnam, that is.

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"D.F. Manno" wrote:

\They're following Associated Press style. The AP Stylebook says that "The
norms that influenced the selection [of cities that do not require state
names] were the population of the city, the population of its
metropolitan region, the frequency of the city¹s appearance in the news,
the uniqueness of its name, and experience that has shown the name to be
almost synonymous with the state or nation where it is located."

This is the same "Stylebook" that considers "innocent" to be not only equal
to "not guilty" but preferred to it.

1) It's been changed in the most recent version of the Stylebook.

2) There was a real reason for it in the days of telegraphy and "hot
type" typesetting. The word "not" was easily dropped in transmission or
during typesetting (or on some occasions changed to "now"), an error
that could lead to a libel suit.
--
D.F. Manno

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin)

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(George W. Russell) wrote:

"D.F. Manno" wrote

(me) wrote:

Okay, why do they list most of those cities without reference
to the state names except Orlando, Tampa, and Providence? Is
there some population size at which they don't list states
anymore? Are they concerned someone might think they mean
Orlando, OK, but not Las Vegas, TX?

They're following Associated Press style.

Almost. They're following Dow Jones style.

You're right. I didn't know Dow Jones had its own stylebook. On this
point, though, they track AP style exactly.
--
D.F. Manno

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin)