{"id":36723,"date":"2026-10-03T00:45:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T00:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=36723"},"modified":"2026-10-03T00:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T00:45:42","slug":"southwest-airlines-launches-nonstop-service-between-memphis-and-austin-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/air-service\/southwest-airlines-launches-nonstop-service-between-memphis-and-austin-in-october\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Airlines Launches Nonstop Service Between Memphis and Austin in October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwest.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.southwest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southwest Airlines<\/a> has launched its nonstop service between Frederick W. Smith International Airport (MEM) and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). The flight will operate six days weekly from Sunday through Friday. Tickets are on sale at www.southwest.com.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SW-engine-ks-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36724\" style=\"width:166px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SW-engine-ks-photo.jpg 568w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SW-engine-ks-photo-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the addition of Austin, Southwest now serves 11 destinations from MEM, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Nashville, Orlando, Phoenix, and Tampa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s great to see Southwest adding to its number of destinations at MEM,\u201d said Michael Keeney, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners for the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority. \u201cThe addition of Austin service provides more options for Memphis passengers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The schedule is as follows (times subject to change):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MEM to AUS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Departs: 11:50 am (CT)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arrives: 1:45 pm (CT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AUS to MEM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Departs: 2:45 pm (CT)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arrives: 4:35 pm (CT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Airlines has launched its nonstop service between Frederick W. Smith International Airport (MEM) and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). The flight will operate six days weekly from Sunday through Friday. Tickets are on sale at www.southwest.com. With the addition of Austin, Southwest now serves 11 destinations from MEM, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[159,143,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-service","category-airlines","category-tennessee"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36725,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36723\/revisions\/36725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}