AUSTIN (KXAN) — Southwest Airlines is continuing its expansion efforts at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, with four new nonstop routes planned for October.
Year-round service to Memphis is set to begin Oct. 1, with flights scheduled to operate six days a week. Seasonal service to Destin, Florida, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Santa Rosa, California, is set to begin Oct. 3.
The AUS-Memphis route is currently served by Delta Air Lines, while Allegiant Air flies the AUS-Knoxville route. Destin and Santa Rosa are both new nonstops for the airport. Delta previously announced plans to fly from Austin to Destin beginning in June, but later canceled that route in favor of service to Asheville, North Carolina…