GTR airport to get a flight to DFW
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Tupelo recently added one flight a day to Dallas. I’m trying it out Monday.
And only for $1000 you can fly American's luxury flight
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I would rather see them get a couple puddle hoppers to Memphis daily than Dallas. Much easier to get around Memphis International than DFW. Gotta get on those above concourse rail shuttles at DFW to get between terminals. Back in the day they used to have 4 daily flights to Memphis and a couple of those stopped in Tupelo first. I used to see a lot of assistant coaches riding those to Memphis on recruiting trips. Of course, that was before MSU got their own jet fleet.
Memphis isn’t a hub anymore. Getting a flight, and another airline, to Dallas is awesome, even if it is American. Having to take two connectors just to get to a hub won’t work.
I still remember when they flew those 27-seat Embrasilia turbo props out of GTR. Loudest damn commercial flights ever.
No kidding. Dallas is the single best opportunity for GTR right now. The DFW metro is over 8 million and will pass Chicago in the next decade or so as the 3rd largest only behind LA and New York. It's home to more than 20 Fortune 500 companies. And DFW Airport is the most central major airport in the US and is #2 in the US and 5 in the world in size as if 2024.
So from GTR you are now basically 1 connection from anywhere in the US without having to backtrack several hours. I live out west and it was a nightmare looking up flights to GTR. I can basically be in Starkville at the game now while I would still be waiting to connect in Atlanta.
This is big economically for the Golden Triangle. I lived in Dallas for over a decade and every time I looked at getting to Starkville it ended up being easier to just drive 8-9 hours. I'm sure an executive with a big company would feel the same way and choose somewhere else to open a branch/facility/plant etc.
This is incredibly dumb. A flight to DFW is a game changer. Great day for MSU.
Makes sense. I would expect a stinky old pu$sy POS Goat to ride a goatholder airline to the illegal immigrant capital of the world.
Jokes on you, I switched from Delta to American and the planes I take are so much nicer.And only for $1000 you can flight American's luxury flight
This is a positive for any alumni in Dallas (myself included) who want to hit weekend basketball or baseball games without driving 9 hours or flying to Jackson and driving 2 more hours.
A united flight to Houston would be awesome too.
A united flight to Houston would be awesome too.
Drive your Genespage asss from Memphis to Starkville.
This is bigger than you. Been waiting on this for a while. This is as big as a typical economic development win for the GT.
TLDR — The chances of Starkville getting a Target just increased by 150 percent.
But Statler, Waldorf, and @Mr. Cook would say a 150 percent increase from Zero is still Zero…
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(seriously though, this is good and gives GTR a chance to move the needle… the big thing: will people and businesses buy tickets?)
Look — GTR needs at least one flight going westbound….sheeshTLDR — The chances of Starkville getting a Target just increased by 150 percent.
But Statler, Waldorf, and @Mr. Cook would say a 150 percent increase from Zero is still Zero…
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(seriously though, this is good and gives GTR a chance to move the needle… the big thing: will people and businesses buy tickets?)
Contour flights from Tupelo to Nashville are normally less than $100. Affordable connection to a regional hub.
I did, and I realized it immediately. I decided to leave it. I think the refs were all about making sure we didn’t cover. Just me.
Contour to Dallas was either $119 or $159 depending on the day. This was about a week ahead, booking sooner might be cheaper. For $199 on the return flight I can change flights up to 60 minutes prior to departure with no additional charges. I’ll need that if I run into any weather delays at all.
mSU is planning to go all in on recruitment of the DFW area with this announcement. Hour flight to an airport 15 minutes from campus with free shuttle to and from the airport to The Mill for every flight.
Also, Delta is planning to add another flight soon
Also, Delta is planning to add another flight soon
I wish Contour flew out of more places in Mississippi other than Tupelo and Greenville. Someplace further south would be nice — and I’m talking about GTR…
Contour is only flying to Tupelo and Greenville because they are EAS airports, which means the federal government subsidizes those flights.
GTR is NOT a EAS airport
That’s good to know.
That said, I meant to add a NOT in front of GTR too…
I am tired…
Low cost carriers are called that for a reason. Don’t use them. Trust me.
Contour only does subsidized flights. GTR pays its way, unlIke Tupelo.
I usually don’t. I look at them as alternative options or if they have really specific routes.
Allegiant at one time had nonstop MSY-RDU flights which worked out well for me visiting friends and family…
Delta flew to Dallas from GTR until they disbanded their Dallas Hub in 2004ish….
American had a flight from GTR to Nashville when they maintained a hub until the mid 90s
This will be big for future recruitment for students into that area. If only Mississippi could get some of these out of state kids to stay here
Correct, and if you are resigned to the idea that Jackson has no future, then all we really have left to do is hope the GT continues to grow and that we can begin to recruit out-of-state students (and businesses). This opens up the whole west to us.
Dallas is pretty easy as far as big airports go. The tram is easy and the terminals are all the same layout. It’s a very good connection for GTR. I fly out of Memphis a few times a year. We connect to Dallas quite often. Memphis is easy to get around but like others have stated you’ll have to connect to a hub to get to most places.
I don’t see Jackson turning things around any time soon. I think the best hope is to grow places like the 3 college towns, the Memphis suburbs, Tupelo, and the Coast in order to get Mississippi on a better track.
Nor do I.
- Memphis Metro is Memphis Metro. Certainly hope it keeps growing. To me, it and GT are about the only real chance we have to out of state influx to MS. I kinda include Oxford in the Memphis Metro since there's no much influence there.
- Hattiesburg, Tupelo and the Coast.....these are good places but mainly more appealing to MS people. Plus you have really bad weather, not to mention hurricanes, that limit big growth. So you still have that MS feel to it, which like it or not, deters out of staters from coming here. But they'll stay steady, be a decent option for Mississippians to live, as will the Jackson Metro. But nothing great.
However....I do hope Tupelo can begin to rise on its own. It's lucky to be by the interstate and maybe the I-22 to 45 corridor can build on itself. Just seems so spread out with a lack of true consolidation.
Yeah, that's what attracted that noted Mississippi company, Toyota, to Tupelo.
Memphis?... my man... below is a link showing all direct flights from MEM. Most of them are once a day and many are only bi-weekly and on scab airlines.
Conversely, this is DFW. I would immediately switch my travel and miles to AA if I was in GTR.
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