Frontier, Southwest adding flights in N.O.
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KENNER (AP) — Frontier Airlines will return to Louis Armstrong International Airport next year for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, offering a daily flight to Denver beginning June 15.
Southwest Airlines also announced the addition of two daily trips from Armstrong International. Beginning in May, Southwest will add a direct flight to St. Louis and a second flight to Denver.
Officials say air travel through New Orleans has been down since Katrina.
About 7.9 million people came through Louis Armstrong last year, or 82 percent of the number of travelers who touched down in New Orleans in 2004. But air travel grew 5.5 percent in 2008 over 2007, and analyst Michael Boyd said New Orleans is on pace to see another 5 percent rise in passengers by year’s end.
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