Heh. I remember thinking years back that it was odd that Southwest never had any overnight flights, especially transcontinental. Just assumed it was the way they did business and some sort of cost cutting measure. Didn't think it'd be due to a software limitation!
Can anyone else comment/confirm?
They do have some notable historical challenges though. Like foreign currency. They still cannot do that, despite flying to Costa Rica, Mexico, etc.
Regarding foreign currency, it’s a strategy choice on their behalf, they don’t want to own sales offices outside the USA
Trust me, I know a lot about this particular topic :)
This _is_ a cost cutting measure. They decided not to pay for their software to support red eyes.
> In commercial aviation, a red-eye flight is a flight scheduled to depart at night and arrive the next morning.