WE NEED A NON-STOP TO NEW ORLEANS ! BUT YOU ARE GIVING US NOW DALLAS ?!
I am trying to understand why SW has not restored service to New Orleans (MSY). You just announced new non-stop service from Birmingham to Dallas starting in March 2007. We have other airlines in BHM that can take to us to Dallas (or we can fly SW through Houston) but it was Southwest who those of us in Birmingham counted on to get us to New Orleans.
The flights SW has to New Orleans through Houston are completely impractical. Houston is as far away from New Orleans in the opposite direction as Birmingham is from New Orleans. Flying through Houston not only takes too long but there are also fewer flights and most fill up fast.
Presently, I too have resorted to driving down to New Orleans. What gives? For years before Katrina, SW was the only non-stop from BHM to New Orleans. You had all our business. I remember when you guys first came to Birmingham. Everyone in the city was excited that SW was coming. Yeah, we had heard of you guys and that you offered low fares, but while we did not know much about SW in the beginning, what everyone in Birmingham knew was you flew to New Orleans! You had just made Ã
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