Southwest to start flying from Atlanta to Norfolk, Louisville

[DieselDragRacer]

Southwest Airlines announced it will begin flying from Atlanta to Norfolk and Louisville starting Aug. 12.

The Dallas-based carrier, which will launch service in Atlanta next month, said among the new flights it will launch later this year are three daily nonstop flights each to Norfolk and Louisville from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

Southwest is adding the routes even as it announces cuts of flights operated by AirTran Airways, which Southwest acquired last year. The airline last week announced AirTran will stop flying to White Plains, N.Y. and Sarasota, Fla. from Atlanta effective Aug. 12, as part of a broader pullout of several AirTran-served cities. AirTran is the second-largest carrier at Hartsfield-Jackson, behind Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines.

 

[Jar Jar]

ATL-SDF is always full w/jumps.

 

[PUCK]

OMG Delta will be out of business in 12 months.
Jer

 

[humveedriver]

ATL-SDF is great news. I spent some time at FT Knox doing some training a few years ago, and ended up going to Dayton alot of the time to get to ATL. That should be great news for pax and commuters.

 

[GhettoBeechjet]

This might be bad for Vision who is currently operating SDF-ATL in a 328.

 

[Whataburger]

How do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky:

1. Lou-ee-ville?

OR

2. loo-vul?

 

[scoreboardII]

2. , but it's pronounced as one syllable.



......

 

[Captain Fulough]

3. Frankfort

 

[Whataburger]

3. Frankfort

Ahhhhh, you suck!!!!

However, you are correct.

 

[BoilerUP]

Vision had previously announced they were going to end SDF-ATL service.

This is GREAT news...fares between ATL are stupidly expensive and I'm sure there are plenty of CHQ and UPS pilots thankful for the increased jumpseat opportunities.