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Southwest Arrives At Syracuse Hancock International Airport Southwest Arrives At Syracuse Hancock International Airport

By Raven Brink

Raven Brink: Southwest is wrapping up their first month at the SYR airport and although Front Desk Member Sabrina Martin says they have only been seeing light flights and group travel. Frequent flyer Mike Marrotte says he’s sure it will pick up soon, as Southwest Opens up the possibility for a whole new group to be able to access the ability to fly
MIKE MARROTTE: It’s been my experience that wherever Southwest goes they Bring new people here and now it will allow people who couldn’t afford to fly to fly

Brink: Now meet Mary Walker, who has been traveling from Tampa Florida to Syracuse for the last 20 years and says She drives from Tampa to Orlando just to fly southwest, but it hasn’t made her traveling any easier.
MARY WALKER: Predominately use southwest, had to fly into Rochester or Albany, pick up a rental car and then drive into Syracuse.

Brink: She says that although she didn’t fly southwest today, she is looking forward to it in the future.
WALKER: I rarely fly into Syracuse usually because they don’t have a lot of flights but now I can.

Brink: Southwest is set to have their first flight on Saturday. Reporting at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport I’m Raven Brink, N-C-C News.

Southwest has arrived at Syracuse Hancock International Airport with their first-ever regularly scheduled flights. This includes three flights a day to Baltimore and flights to Orlando on Saturday.

“I haven’t been flying Southwest because they haven’t had a direct flight”, Florida resident Mary Walker said. Although she couldn’t fly Southwest home today, she’s excited to in the near future.

Southwest said their team started working this Sunday and created the schedule as it stands now to match the staffing they have at this time. Southwest is set to hire 5,000 employees by the end of the year to aid in its operations.

“It’s been my experience,” Syracuse Resident Mike Marrotte said, “that wherever Southwest goes they bring new people here and now it will allow people who couldn’t afford to fly to fly”

With the holidays right around the corner, airline workers said that Southwest will lessen the congestion of the airport and create more options for flyers. “People are going to have more choices and people like choices,” Walker said. With their first flight to Florida set for this Saturday, Nov. 20, Walker may be flying to Syracuse on a Southwest jet sooner than she knows.

 

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