![]() "We are close to gate constraint right now (at Nashville). So before we put a lot of investment into new places and growing new places, we’ve got to get the network restored, which basically means we need to get more depth back in some markets," said Jordan. "Job one right now is for us to get our whole network restored back to what it was before the pandemic, we’re just not there. The Southwest CEO says while the new flight crew base is a priority, it isn't the top priority. Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) and United Airlines (UA, Chicago O'Hare) take the third and fourth spots respectively. The second largest airline customer at the airport, American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth), offers 34,765 seats in and out of Nashville this week on 282 flights. The airline is operating 907 flights across the same week, or 46.99% of the total flights in and out of Nashville this week. "A lot of that depends on where you want to originate flights, where you want to have aircraft overnight, but I’ll just tell you we are looking at that and there is a possibility that Nashville becomes a base,” Jordan told the Nashville Business Journal.Īccording to the ch-aviation PRO airports module, Southwest Airlines is the biggest airline customer at Nashville, offering 141,541 seats (or 52.67% of the airport's total seat capacity) in the week starting September 26. Jordan says a flight crew base - including flight attendant and pilots- at the airport, potentially first operating as a smaller satellite base, is under consideration. CEO Bob Jordan says the ULCC already has 800 employees working at the airport servicing the six million Southwest passengers who fly in and out of Nashville every year. ![]() Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) is considering opening a flight crew base at its eighth busiest port - Nashville International. ![]()
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