KIAH and KHOU closed due to Hurricane Harvey

[OldLurker]

Originally Posted by Halfnut

Some bean counter with that super sharp pencil trying to get in one more revenue fight before pulling the plug.

How many millions is lost by LUV with their 10 planes stranded at HOU and for how long?!?!?!

Southwest flies stranded Houston customers out of flooded airport - CNN

I guess they flew out before the runway was under water! So the headline about "flooded airport" would be a bit of journalistic inaccuracy.

Getting those five planes out of HOU seems like a double win. The stranded passengers got out (less work for the emergency services too), and Southwest got their planes out to use elsewhere.

I'm surprised that Southwest didn't fly out their other 10 planes too, full or empty, though maybe they didn't have crews available. It always surprises me (sitting at a safe distance) that people leave their planes, small and big, in the path of well-forecast hurricanes, rather than flying them out to safety.