Speculation mounts after Southwest's plane order

For months now we have been hearing how 2011 will be the year prices for airline tickets sky rocket. Well, not so fast. It seems Southwest may be throwing a monkey wrench in that plan. The low cost carrier has just changed a major order with Boeing, asking for larger planes. Here’s the interesting part: the new larger planes can fly longer, faster and that puts overseas routes within reach. That is causing speculation: will Southwest start flying to Hawaii, Mexico or even Asia and Europe.  This matters because wherever Southwest flies, fares tend to be substantially cheaper.

Comments

[Anthony Young]

I sure hope SW does begin flights to Mexico and Hawaii. People heading to these destinations need relief from the years of price gouging practiced by the other airlines. Not since Suntrips was taken over (by another competitor) has any carrier had reasonable prices.

[home buyer]

This was kind of a bizarre year for the mortgage market. In the first half of the year, you had a decent number of home sales keeping mortgages for purchases stable, thanks to the home buyer credit. In the second half of the year, that changed as demand crumbled when the credit was withdrawn. At the same time, you had very low mortgage interest rates throughout much of the year cause a mini-refinancing boom. 2011 will look very different, as the housing demand continues to struggle and mortgage interest rates have begun rising.

[spanish villa]

This is good news.Cheap travel becomes most common issues for the present time.With cheap air travel individual can save money as well as time .