Related: State-by-state guide to coronavirus reopening This title has long been held by Atlanta, home of Delta Air Lines' largest hub. This makes it easy for a flyer from, say, Louisville (SDF) get to Albuquerque (ABQ) without the benefit of a nonstop flight.Īmerican's hub at the North Texas airport has made it the country's busiest from April through at least July, the latest month with available BTS data. At DFW hub for example, American operated seven banks of coordinated arrivals and departures between 7 a.m. You may unsubscribe at any time.Īn airline hub is commonly defined as an airport that sees "banks" of flights arrive and depart in close proximity to one another to enable transfers. Related: Southwest Airlines expands again, adds three more cities to its route mapīy signing up, you will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston and Phoenix are also the carrier's busiest averaging more than 100 daily departures since the COVID crisis began. Louis (STL) are the airline's major connecting airports, according to a presentation by Southwest commercial chief Andrew Watterson in October. Take away all of the Albany-Las Vegas or Richmond-Orlando flights and Southwest has hubs buttressing it's route map.Ītlanta (ATL), Baltimore/Washington (BWI), Chicago Midway (MDW), Denver (DEN), Houston Hobby (HOU), Nashville (BNA), Oakland (OAK), Phoenix (PHX) and St.
The coronavirus pandemic laid bare a strategy that has been been evident for much of the decade since the airline's 2010 acquisition of AirTran Airways.
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Want more airline-specific news? Sign up for TPG's free new biweekly Aviation newsletter!īut like all things, change is - and has been - afoot at Southwest. See a Las Vegas (LAS) flight in your future? Southwest's your airline. Want a nonstop to Orlando (MCO)? Southwest probably does it. Instead, in many cases, they could avail themselves of Southwest's many nonstop flights from their hometown to popular destinations. Long Beach to New Orleans: Sundays starting on September 10.Southwest Airlines has long touted its point-to-point approach to flying as a key to its success.įlyers taking advantage of the airline's "everyday low fares" did not all have to go through Atlanta or Chicago to reach their final destination.Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon: Saturdays and Sundays starting on September 9.Las Vegas to Minneapolis: Saturdays starting on September 9.Las Vegas to Little Rock, Arkansas: Daily starting on September 5.Houston Intercontinental to Phoenix: Sundays starting on September 10.Houston Hobby to Raleigh, North Carolina: Monday, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays starting on September 7.Houston Hobby to Philadelphia: Sundays starting on September 10.Houston Hobby to Ontario, California: Sundays starting on September 10.Houston Hobby to Lubbock, Texas: Sundays starting on September 10.Denver to Richmond, Virginia: Daily starting on September 5.
Dallas Love Field to Philadelphia: Saturdays and Sundays starting on September 9.Charlotte to Houston Hobby: Sundays starting on September 10.Baltimore to Oakland, California: Daily starting on September 5.Nashville to Omaha, Nebraska: Sundays starting on September 10.Nashville to Islip, New York: Sundays starting on September 10.Austin to Pittsburgh: Sundays starting on September 10.A total of 16 will be available again starting in September: Meanwhile, Southwest is fulfilling its promise to resume several routes dropped during the pandemic. On top of the three new year-round options, the carrier is also expanding its seasonal offerings with two new Saturday-only routes between both Austin and Jacksonville as well as El Paso and Orlando, both starting in September. Once the new routes commence, the carrier's total operation at Long Beach will be 45 departures per day to 22 cities, continuing Southwest's reign as the biggest operator in the city. It often indicates a user profile.įortunately for Southwest, the city's annual noise review freed up five more slots this year. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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