Southwest Airlines to Drop Ft. Lauderdale – Orlando Route
Southwest Airlines Ft. Lauderdale
Southwest Airlines will drop its 5 flights-a-day service between Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando, according to a spokesperson on Monday.
“This market is shorthaul and carries a very high percentage of connecting, longer-haul customers,” Southwest spokesperson Ashley Dillon said. “Through our optimization process, we have created more convenient ways to get these customers to their destinations through different itineraries.”
The route will stop in January of next year.
Southwest is the number 3 carrier on this particular route in terms of passenger traffic behind Spirit Airlines and JetBlue.
Category: Airnation
RULES FOR COMMENTING BELOW: Profanity, inappropriate comments, NAME CALLING, racial slurs and attacking others on this blog will not be tolerated. Breaking these rules will first get your posts removed and then you will be banned. In other words, spirited debate is always encouraged here but be respectful doing it. :)
I guess it makes sense. Spirit Airlines flies direct from Fort Lauderdale to Orlando, two times a day with a price of about $54-$80. I don’t think Southwest is making any money offering a cheaper fare!
Yeah…this particular route they haven’t done well on. Doesn’t happen very often with Southwest. :)
True! Southwest pretty much OWNS my airport…!
Yeah…down at Love Field near downtown Dallas I think Southwest is the only carrier to fly out of there.