Quote Originally Posted by gopokes88 View Post
OKC-MAF was my primary route. SW used to even have a flight that continued onto MAF out of Dallas. 40 people from okc would be on it.

It’s now go to Houston then to MAF. It arrives an hour later and leaves an hour earlier than the comparable American flight.

I fly some OKC-LBB as well. Same story.

I fly lots of OKC-ABQ. Southwest is still good going out okc/den/abq but coming home I liked going through Dallas, if I get stuck in Dallas I’m only 3 hours from home.

Just by eyesight and flying 3X a month, southwest gates are way down. Americans are up.

I don’t know if it was more the Hawaii expansion, or if the max straining them, but I hope those flights come back at some point.

American is sub par in every way, except route network which is becoming a monster.
Yeah, losing DAL on those routes is a killer. I agree about connecting near home coming back, nice to have the driving option if needed. The flip side of that is DAL can't handle mass delays from weather well and you get a lot of cancels.

The Max being out is a big deal, that is like 50 -8 aircraft they currently don't have access to, while expanding their operation, so they have to move aircraft around to cover the most profitable routes. They have also been quicker to cancel than normal because they have less spares.

I have a feeling once the Max comes back, basically everything at DAL will be upgauged to an -800 or -8 to increase capacity without increasing flight ops.