But I must say that Delta and Comair really got out in front of that situation and booked travelers on other routes. The bottom line was that everyone who needed to travel out of Columbia got to their destination, though not always on the straightest way. But here s some good news for area flyers. LaGuardia will not be affected. That s because those flights are served by ACJet, a Delta Connection airline that will not be affected by a walkout of Delta pilots.
New flights update.
Flack said the airport continues to negotiate with low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines to enter the Columbia market, but there s no word on when or if that might happen. The same is true of JetBlue, another low-cost carrier that recently began service connecting JFK airport with a number of East Coast cities. Flack said he has been in touch with TWA and thought we were in line to get some non-stop service to St. Louis. But the recently completed acquisition of TWA by American Airlines has pushed the matter of new flights to the back burner while American management sorts out plans for new routes. All we can do at this point is wait, Flack said.