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New flights from Milwaukee to NYC

January 25th, 2008 at 01:12pm Thomas V. Bona

Good news for those of you who drive to Milwaukee to fly east. AirTran is starting a route to New York’s LaGuardia airport in May. With three new daily flights from a discount carrier, that could drive prices down.

Midwest Airlines has flights from Milwaukee to LaGuardia starting at $178 round-trip plus tax and fees and flights from Milwaukee to Newark, N.J., starting at $228 round-trip plus tax and fees. Continental Airlines has flights from Milwaukee to Newark starting at $208 round-trip plus tax and fees, starting in February.

AirTran’s route starts May 6. For the first month, tickets start as low as $148 round-trip plus tax and fees. After that, they increase to at least $174 round-trip plus tax and fees.

As a New York native, I’ll be watching this battle closely and looking to make a trip home soon.

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  • 1. The Passenger Seat »&hellip  |  January 29th, 2008 at 11:59 am

    […] Last year, AirTran was rebuffed in its attempt to merge with Midwest Airlines. AirTran’s not taking it well, attacking Midwest at its home turf of Milwaukee. It just announced service to five more destinations from MKE. That comes a week after it announced service to New York City. […]

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