Thu, Oct 13, 2005
Says Government Leaders Didn't Think Through Boeing Field
Decision
Southwest Airlines Wednesday released the following
statement in response to the announcement by King County Executive
Ron Sims that the Southwest Airlines proposal to fly out of Boeing
Field has been rejected:
"Southwest Airlines has remained unwavering in its commitment to
serve the people of the Puget Sound Region. Our proposal to develop
service at Boeing Field was no exception. We believe in preserving
and expanding low fares, and our proposal was an effort to do just
that," said Southwest Airlines Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly.
"We are a Company that honors its commitments and its word, and we
continued to advance our proposal for Boeing Field as recently as
last night when a leadership team from our Flight Operations
Department spoke to the King County International Airport
Roundtable to address noise issues, as we had promised. We thank
the Roundtable and the other members of this community who have
written, called, and offered support for our mission of keeping low
fares in this region.
"We are disappointed that our proposal was not given the
comprehensive examination it deserved, but that does not change our
commitment to our Seattle Employees and our Customers," Kelly
continued. "We will explore every option to expand and preserve our
low fare service in the region. From the beginning we said that we
had neither the power nor the desire to impose this project on the
community. We accept and respect the outcome."
As Aero-News reported on Tuesday, King County
Executive Ron Sims turned down SWA's request for gates at Boeing
Field, along with a similar request from Alaska Airlines, citing
concerns about possibile litigation, noise issues and traffic
congestion.
More News
Airbus Racer Demonstrator Makes Inaugural Flight Airbus Helicopters' ambitious Racer demonstrator has achieved its inaugural flight as part of the Clean Sky 2 initiative, a corners>[...]
A little Bit Quieter, Said Testers, But in the End it's Still a DA40 Diamond Aircraft recently completed a little pilot project with Lufthansa Aviation Training, putting a pair of >[...]
Line Up And Wait (LUAW) Used by ATC to inform a pilot to taxi onto the departure runway to line up and wait. It is not authorization for takeoff. It is used when takeoff clearance >[...]
Contributing To The Accident Was The Pilot’s Use Of Methamphetamine... Analysis: The pilot departed on a local flight to perform low-altitude maneuvers in a nearby desert val>[...]
From 2015 (YouTube Version): Overcoming Obstacles To Achieve Their Dreams… At EAA AirVenture 2015, FedEx arrived with one of their Airbus freight-hauling aircraft and placed>[...]