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Old 10-12-2020, 01:29 PM
 
Location: Houston/Austin, TX
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Southwest will return to IAH and fly at both airports.

https://abc13.com/travel/southwest-w...sence/6970681/
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Old 10-12-2020, 05:28 PM
 
Location: Houston/Austin, TX
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Southwest is also testing the two airport experiment in Chicago. O’Hare and IAH.
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Old 10-14-2020, 12:47 AM
 
Location: Houston, Texas
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They used to have flights from IAH to Love Field and nothing else. I wonder if they will have a wider variety of destinations this time.
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Old 10-15-2020, 07:40 AM
 
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They used to have flights from IAH to Love Field and nothing else. I wonder if they will have a wider variety of destinations this time.
In the early eighties, Southwest used to fly from HOU to IAH! Yes, Hobby to Intercontinental! I guess it was to shuttle people? Does anyone else remember that?
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Old 10-15-2020, 07:45 AM
 
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In the early eighties, Southwest used to fly from HOU to IAH! Yes, Hobby to Intercontinental! I guess it was to shuttle people? Does anyone else remember that?

So did Continental and I was on one of their shuttles, my first turboprop flight.
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Old 10-15-2020, 08:06 AM
 
Location: Houston/Brenham
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They used to have flights from IAH to Love Field and nothing else. I wonder if they will have a wider variety of destinations this time.
Yes, they plan on having a variety of destinations.

The main factor is planes. Pre-Covid, SWA was so busy, they didn't have the planes to add IAH to their routes. Now, they have planes coming out their wazoo, and in an effort to use them, will add multiple destinations from Bush/IAH.
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Old 10-15-2020, 08:54 AM
 
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So did Continental and I was on one of their shuttles, my first turboprop flight.

You know, maybe you are right! Now that you mention Continental, it could be that is who it was... I completely forgot about Continental because United did not ring a bell. But one thing for sure, there were flights between the two airports... I wanted to take a flight just because it was a flight, but I think I recall it was only available if you had a flight from the other airport.
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Old 10-15-2020, 09:26 AM
 
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Continental also flew Ellington to IAH for a while. I had been known to do that back when earning miles was so lucrative!
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Old 10-15-2020, 01:41 PM
 
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You know, maybe you are right! Now that you mention Continental, it could be that is who it was... I completely forgot about Continental because United did not ring a bell. But one thing for sure, there were flights between the two airports... I wanted to take a flight just because it was a flight, but I think I recall it was only available if you had a flight from the other airport.

I remember we lived in Pasadena at the time and were going to Cancun. No international out of Hobby then. I don't recall if it was a courtesy shuttle or extra charge but we were poor peons then so it couldn't have been very much if not free. Too long ago to remember details but I don't recall it being empty or light. I do remember the props, how they spun up so fast as to be invisible while taxiing and wondering how anything could spin so fast, then utterly amazed when they revved up many times faster when starting takeoff.
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Old 10-15-2020, 03:55 PM
 
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You know, maybe you are right! Now that you mention Continental, it could be that is who it was... I completely forgot about Continental because United did not ring a bell. But one thing for sure, there were flights between the two airports... I wanted to take a flight just because it was a flight, but I think I recall it was only available if you had a flight from the other airport.

So, I looked it up and it depends. From wiki


In 1987 Continental Airlines had a "dual hub", a hub at Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and one at Hobby.[38] In February 1987 Continental had nonstops from Hobby to Austin, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York LaGuardia Airport, San Antonio and Washington D.C. National Airport. Nonstop "cross town" shuttle service was also being flown between HOU and IAH with Douglas DC-9-10s by Emerald Air operating as the "Houston Proud Express" or Continental with these flights using "CO" flight numbers with seven round trips a day. CO one-stops flew from Hobby to Bozeman, MT, Orlando, Sacramento and Tucson. Continental was operating up to 37 departures a day from HOU with Boeing 727-100s, 727-200s, 737-200s, 737-300s, Douglas DC-9-10s and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s. The airline shut down its hub at Hobby and was not serving the airport by the early 1990s although its regional affiliate Continental Express would return with "cross town" turboprop flights to IAH by the mid 1990s followed later by limited Continental mainline jet service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_P._Hobby_Airport


Seems the shuttle in the mid 80's was jets by Emerald Air which code-shared as Continental, while the early 90's was turboprops by Continental Express. My flight was 1994 and turboprop so it would have been the latter.
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