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Originally Posted by electricron
Take a look at Dallas to New Orleans flights by SW Airlines. 22 flights on Monday May 13, 8 Nonstops and 14 single stops of which only one doesn't require changing planes.
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And yet during Q2 2012, there were only 776 people per day who traveled between Love Field and New Orleans, or about 388 passengers per day each way. Most of Southwest's 737's seat 143 passengers, so if they have 8 nonstops, that's 1,144 seats per day in each direction.
So how are they able to support 8 nonstops per day? Because people from other cities (like El Paso, Amarillo, Albuquerque, Midland Odessa, Lubbock, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, etc) fly to Dallas and and make a connection to fly on to New Orleans. Additionally, some folks from Dallas fly to New Orleans and make a connection there and fly on to other places like Tampa, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, etc. The flights are supported by a
combination of origin and destination passengers and connecting passengers.
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Originally Posted by electricron
I see no reason to expect Austin patrons to differ from Dallas.
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And I see no reason for the Austin flight to New Orleans to be any different from the Love Field to New Orleans flights. It will be supported by a combination of origin and destination passengers and connecting passengers.