ScottyDoesntKnow6128

Why doesn't Southwest Airlines serve Atlanta?

doublewidemama

stupidity and greed

potatochip8007

Air Tran, another low-cost carrier has a huge hub there. Also Delta is headquartered there. If Southwest served that city, it would have to offer flights to a lot of cities otherwise Delta and Air Tran would just match Southwest's fares to drive that airline out of the city. If Delta and Air Tran matched Southwest's fares, people would choose those carriers since most of the people who fly out of Atlanta have a frequent flyer membership with either Delta or Air Tran.

csucdartgirl5155

Possibilities1. They cannot get a good on-time percentage to that destination. 2. It's Delta's hub so they don't want to compete?3. Who would want to go there? (just kidding...I had a bad experience at that airport....let's just say get to the airport 2 hours early, everything from check-in, to security, to restaurant service is painfully slow at Hartsfield Intl)

Shannon

They will probably fly out of there sometime in the future.*shannon

nutwpinut

There are some really good answers. Another reason could be that there are no gates available for Southwest to get. The gates are leased to airlines and if it is a profitable gate they don't give it up.

hr4me9986

The FAA gives contracts for each airline as to what air routes they are able to fly and which airports they are allowed to serve. They can apply for additional routes with the government but each airport can only service so many carriers.

GSH6829

now thats just silly.As a customer, you have the right!Email them and demand what's goin' on?

EA

The FAA does not decide where an airline is allowed to fly in the United States. It has not since 1978. If they can get gates, they could fly to Atlanta if they wanted to.