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Will Southwest Airlines fly out of BTR?
Posted on 3/7/26 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 3/7/26 at 1:46 pm
Knoxville just got service and they are similar size to Baton Rouge
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Posted on 3/7/26 at 1:49 pm to PSS101
They could easily make money doing it. 5-10 flights a day total to places like HOU, BNA, ATL.
Posted on 3/7/26 at 1:50 pm to PSS101
Knoxville is 3 hours from Nashville, Baton Rouge is an hour from Kenner
Posted on 3/7/26 at 1:50 pm to PSS101
That would be nice.
Posted on 3/7/26 at 1:51 pm to PSS101
Has someone finally decided to evacuate the city?
Posted on 3/7/26 at 1:51 pm to TigerintheNO
quote:doesn’t seem to matter to the three servicing the airport right now
Knoxville is 3 hours from Nashville, Baton Rouge is an hour from Kenner
Posted on 3/7/26 at 2:04 pm to PSS101
The existing carriers have attempted to expand service in BTR over the years & can't fill a 50 passenger plane. AA has cut back the DCA flight to just a few days a week. I doubt Southwest ever starts service here. MSY is just too close to much of the BTR market. I've always been curious as to what % Southwests MSY passengers are actually from BTR.
Posted on 3/7/26 at 2:04 pm to Pedro
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doesn’t seem to matter to the three servicing the airport right now
The three airlines servicing BTR literally have a different routing strategy (hub and spoke) compared to Southwest (point to point).
Hub and spoke service to BTR makes sense, enough people want to fly in/out of BTR, and if you’re flying to Baton Rouge you don’t mind the hub connection.
If Southwest flies out of BTR, where is it going?
Posted on 3/7/26 at 2:06 pm to BRIllini07
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If Southwest flies out of BTR, where is it going?
Orlando, Vegas, Love Field, Hobby, Austin
Posted on 3/7/26 at 2:07 pm to BRIllini07
Orlando, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Nashville etc
Posted on 3/7/26 at 2:08 pm to RohanGonzales
Knoxville is way bigger than BR
Posted on 3/7/26 at 2:09 pm to Paul Allen
Both MSA’s are around 900,000
Posted on 3/7/26 at 2:19 pm to PSS101
Shreveport would get Southwest before BTR. Plus Armstrong is about an hour away.. would make no sense
Posted on 3/7/26 at 5:09 pm to NoBoDawg
I think there are enough disney adults in the br metro area to support a few orlando flights. You have baws on turnarounds who can fly to hobby. Austin for the tech bros and LSU-UT events.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 9:42 am to PSS101
I wrote a letter to SWA once asking this question. Got a quick, very polite response. Basically told me in so many words that they knew BR people would drive to MSY to catch one of their flights, and it didn’t make sense economically to try and fund and staff another location so close by.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 12:22 pm to PSS101
Many People will want to fly out of BTR but most will check the prices and see it’s 25-50% more in price. Then they’ll say, nah, I’ll just drive to Nola.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 1:03 pm to TigerintheNO
Baton Rouge's population has shifted Southeast. For people who live in St. George it takes 50 mins to get to MSY or 30 mins to get to BTR.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 2:07 pm to PSS101
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Will Southwest Airlines fly out of BTR?
If it was financially beneficial for them to do so, they would. It’s not, so they won’t.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 9:05 am to Shaun176
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Baton Rouge's population has shifted Southeast. For people who live in St. George it takes 50 mins to get to MSY or 30 mins to get to BTR.
You have to go through the worst part of BR traffic to get to the airport while going to NOLA you dont really have any.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 10:00 am to Shaun176
quote:This it really almost isn't even worth it to fly out of Baton Rouge still when you have to deal with potential terrible traffic crossing town vs just driving a bit further to New Orleans
For people who live in St. George it takes 50 mins to get to MSY or 30 mins to get to BTR.
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