{"id":4446,"date":"2010-03-11T08:10:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T14:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=4446"},"modified":"2016-12-16T19:44:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T01:44:20","slug":"southwest-challenges-us-airways-with-phl-bos-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/southwest-challenges-us-airways-with-phl-bos-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest challenges US Airways with PHL-BOS flights"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"flights\"By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n

Southwest Airlines got its newterminal at Philadelphia International Airport<\/a> late last month, and the 800-pound gorilla of low-fare airlines promptly renewed its challenge to US Airways<\/strong><\/a>, Philadelphia’s incumbent legacy carrier. Starting June 27, Southwest will fly five times a day between Philadelphia and Boston Logan<\/strong><\/a>, one of US Airways’ most profitable monopoly routes. According to government figures, US Airways’ average fare on PHL-BOS has been $345, by far the highest in the country for flights<\/a> between 251 and 300 miles. Southwest’s introductory fare: $59 one-way.<\/p>\n

Southwest already services Boston’s alternate airports with 13 daily flights to Manchester<\/strong> (New Hampshire) and Providence<\/strong> (Rhode Island) from Philadelphia. But the flights to Logan are the most direct assault on US Airways’ primacy since Southwest launched flights at Philadelphia in 2004.<\/p>\n

Southwest’s new Philadelphia home, Terminal E, underwent a $45 million expansion. Southwest now has seven new gates and a 500-seat holding area to go with its five existing Terminal E gates. That should allow the carrier to consolidate all of its Philadelphia service in Terminal E by the end of March. Some of its flights are now located at Terminal D.<\/p>\n

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