New Flight Schedules for Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines has been known to be one of the best and cheapest ways to fly here in our nation. Recently, Southwest Airlines has decided to change up their flight schedules in which it will be convenient for everybody...or will it? Flight schedules are very complex especially when weather conditions, cost of fuel, time, crew, maintenance, and number of passengers need to be considered. Southwest Airlines has the most daily running flights, therefore making it that much more complex to schedule flights. In the past they used the same schedule every week; on Saturdays they erased a couple of flights here and there. However, now they are implenting more non stop flights for more cities only available on Saturdays, reducing the capacity by 6%. They're hoping for more future improvements in which not everyday will have the same schedule but how convenient will that be for other people besides the business travelors?

Southwest Airlines Hallelujah No FEES!

As everyone knows our economy is at its weakest right now and it seems like everything and everyone is being affected by it. Traveling has become very difficult to do because of the ridiculus amount of fees we are being asked to pay. Southwest Airlines however, have made it economical and affordable to fly through them without having to pay for every single bag or drink or pillow we want to use. About a month ago my roommate flew with Airlines and had to pay $20 for the two bags she was taking, her trip before that she had to pay $15 for each. In their new commercial, Southwest Airlines makes it a point to enforce the no fee brand it seems to be working. According to a Dallas News article, Southwest Airlines went from 17% frequent fliers to 24% frequent fliers in the past 2 years. For those who don't fly very often, here's a list of the changes most airlines have made that is hurting their consumers.

• First bag fees (that’s in addition to fees for bags after the first that have already been in place for awhile)
• No more pretzels and snacks or snack and beverage fees
• Fuel surcharges
• Fees for phone reservations
• Curb-side check in fees
• Ticket-change fees
• Fees for breathing the air inside the plane cabin