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Southwest Airlines Effect: Denver

June 24, 2008 | Posted in: Airfare News,Airline News

I was pulling some information from one of our databases to compare airfares this year vs. last and it struck me to give Denver a try seeing that Southwest has aggressively “moved into” the neighborhood.

The term “Southwest Effect” was coined in the early 90′s and refers to the increase in passengers in a city when a low cost airline enters into a city with cheaper airfares than the historical average.

With most cities up steeply over the last year (mainly due to fuel) my guess was that passengers based in Denver were going to be big winners — you be the judge …

United Yearly Comparison of Cheapest Roundtrip Prices on Southwest Non-Stop Routes from/to Denver

Origin	Destination	Airline Code	Cheapest Roundtrip Price on 23-Jun-2008 for Future Travel	Cheapest Ropundtrip Price on 25-Jun-2007 for Future Travel	Difference
DEN	ABQ	UA	$ 138	$ 222	$ (84)
DEN	AUS	UA	$ 158	$ 338	$ (180)
DEN	BNA	UA	$ 198	$ 186	$ 12
DEN	BWI	UA	$ 394	$ 208	$ 186
DEN	CHI	UA	$ 294	$ 250	$ 44
DEN	FLL	UA	$ 198	$ 298	$ (100)
DEN	HOU	UA	$ 266	$ 238	$ 28
DEN	IND	UA	$ 138	$ 238	$ (100)
DEN	LAS	UA	$ 138	$ 122	$ 16
DEN	LAX	UA	$ 168	$ 254	$ (86)
DEN	MKC	UA	$ 138	$ 122	$ 16
DEN	MSY	UA	$ 446	$ 298	$ 148
DEN	OAK	UA	$ 304	$ 302	$ 2
DEN	OKC	UA	$ 138	$ 322	$ (184)
DEN	OMA	UA	$ 138	$ 188	$ (50)
DEN	ORL	UA	$ 304	$ 226	$ 78
DEN	PDX	UA	$ 266	$ 398	$ (132)
DEN	PHL	UA	$ 198	$ 336	$ (138)
DEN	PHX	UA	$ 152	$ 132	$ 20
DEN	RDU	UA	$ 464	$ 418	$ 46
DEN	SAN	UA	$ 158	$ 330	$ (172)
DEN	SAT	UA	$ 158	$ 338	$ (180)
DEN	SEA	UA	$ 198	$ 334	$ (136)
DEN	SFO	UA	$ 158	$ 342	$ (184)
DEN	SJC	UA	$ 158	$ 322	$ (164)
DEN	SLC	UA	$ 138	$ 176	$ (38)
DEN	SMF	UA	$ 178	$ 298	$ (120)
DEN	STL	UA	$ 158	$ 208	$ (50)
DEN	TPA	UA	$ 258	$ 260	$ (2)

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