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As many big airlines are cutting flights, the largest low-fare airline, Southwest Airlines, appears ready to take advantage of opportunities originating from flights and capacity cuts made by other carriers.

Philip Baggaley, Standard & Poor’s credit analyst, said Bloomberg News, Southwest Airlines has the financial strength to exploit opportunities created from deteriorating market conditions. (source)

They are expanding more selectively adding flights on more profitable routes, where other carriers are retreating.

Southwest has lower costs than other carriers and despite it increased fares in the last two months has no plans to charge fees for services such as checking an extra bag or non- alcoholic drinks, as other airlines are doing.