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Re: SW flying to LGA nex year if dem get di ATA slots
Southwest Airlines Co. has agreed to pay $7.5 million for bankrupt ATA Airlines' landing slots at New York's LaGuardia Airport, a move that would raise Southwest's profile in the nation's largest air market.
Southwest would get 14 slots, enough to operate seven takeoffs and seven landings per day at LaGuardia.
The deal is dependent on approval by a U.S. bankruptcy court in Indianapolis, where ATA Airlines Inc. is based, according to an ATA court filing Tuesday.
If approved, Southwest expects to begin flying to LaGuardia next year, said Southwest spokeswoman Whitney Eichinger.
Dallas-based Southwest - the nation's largest carrier by number of domestic passengers - serves Islip Airport on Long Island but does not fly into LaGuardia, Kennedy or Newark, N.J., airports.
"If you truly want to be in the New York market, you need to be in one of those airports," Eichinger said.
The New York airports, however, are notorious for congestion. Southwest for many years has favored less-crowded secondary airports where it can service planes and get them back in the sky quickly.
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