{"id":6984,"date":"2010-06-02T10:59:58","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T15:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=6984"},"modified":"2016-12-16T13:45:21","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T19:45:21","slug":"southwest-is-flying-to-south-carolina-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/southwest-is-flying-to-south-carolina-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest is flying to South Carolina. Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Recenetly, a very strange announcement came from <strong>Southwest Airlines<\/strong>. The carrier says that it will begin flights from two<strong> South Carolina <\/strong>airports &#8212; <strong>Charleston<\/strong> and <strong>Greenville-Spartanburg<\/strong> &#8212; next year.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s odd about that? Well, Southwest didn&#8217;t announce a launch date or routes from either airport. Moreover, it rarely opens up two airports at one time. And the carrier made a point to say its decision to fly to these new cities is &#8220;not dependent on pending legislation to provide air service subsidies.&#8221; That last comment is extremely odd since the entire impetus for new service traces back to a bill in the South Carolina legislature that would offer as much as $15 million in grants to low-cost carriers. You&#8217;ll want to watch this one carefully.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"South Carolina hotels\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotels\/United_States--South_Carolina\/\" target=\"_self\">South Carolina hotels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Southern travel destinations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=southern-travel&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Southern travel destinations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Business Travel\" href=\"..\/..\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Business travel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Flights\" href=\"..\/..\/App\/ViewRoundTripSearch?\" target=\"_self\">Flights<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joesentme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JoeSentMe.com<\/a>, a non-commercial Web site for business travelers. Copyright 2009 by Joe Brancatelli. 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