Home : News : New York :

Photo

Stories from around NYS

US senator plans to lower student debt

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is hoping to relieve the debt …

Assemblyman, Sheriff debate NY SAFE Act

State Assemblyman Sean Ryan and Erie County Sheriff Tim Howard …

Accused NY Assemblyman resigns

The New York assemblyman accused of asking young female …

Seneca leader calls Cuomo a bully

The head of the Seneca Indians has accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of…

Southwest to launch Rochester flights

Airline to takeover AirTran facilities

Updated: Thursday, 18 Oct 2012, 1:20 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 18 Oct 2012, 1:20 PM EDT

Nancy Sanders

ROCHESTER, NY (WIVB) - Southwest Airlines will launch flights out of Rochester in April of next year.

Southwest plans to convert existing AirTran Airways operations at the Rochester Airport, It is one of four cities across the country where Southwest will convert and merge operations with AirTran.

Currently, eighteen percent of Rochester air passengers use AirTran.

Comments

With WIVB.com's new commenting system you don't need to register. You can login with an existing Facebook, Yahoo!, Google, or Twitter account and more. If you have a WIVB.com login you can still use it in our Participate section.