Southwest will remove several domestic routes from its schedule as part of a network redesign, a spokesperson confirmed to AirlineGeeks. The move comes as the carrier announced over a dozen routes on Thursday, including new service to Knoxville, Tennessee.
The carrier is making adjustments to its St. Louis operations to “better support north/south connectivity” and improve connections at Chicago Midway and Nashville, the spokesperson stated.
As part of this change, the airline will end service between St. Louis and Tulsa, Oklahoma; Oklahoma City; Wichita, Kansas; Des Moines, Iowa; and Little Rock, Arkansas.
Flights from St. Louis to Tulsa, Wichita, and Des Moines will be redistributed to Chicago Midway, the St. Louis–Oklahoma City route will shift to Dallas Love Field, and St. Louis–Little Rock will instead be served from Nashville.
Other route exits include Eugene, Oregon, to Oakland, California; St. Louis to Burbank, California; Houston Hobby to Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina; Jackson, Mississippi, to Baltimore/Washington; Atlanta to New York LaGuardia; and Atlanta to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.
The spokesperson did not provide specific end dates for the affected routes.
