Southwest Resumes Flights Between Indy, Kansas City

Southwest Airlines resumed its nonstop flight out of the Indianapolis International Airport (IND) to Kansas City on Tuesday. The flight was previously suspended due to the pandemic in 2020.

The twice daily nonstop flights will depart Indy at approximately 6:50 a.m. and 3:50 p.m. Southwest will operate two flights daily during weekdays, and one flight on Sundays. The Kansas City flight is in part the result of a local corporate push to make daily nonstop air travel available for Indy-based business operations.

“This is yet another promising step in recovery for the airline industry after the pandemic,” said Mario Rodriguez, executive director of the Indianapolis Airport Authority. “The Kansas City flight schedule is specific to support business travel – which has slowly continued to increase, and in the first quarter of 2023 we’re seeing about 47 percent of travel being done for business. That approaches pre-pandemic levels of 55 percent.”

Later this summer on June 10, Southwest will resume seasonal San Diego service with once weekly flights on Saturdays. Both Kansas City and San Diego were served by Southwest prior to the pandemic. San Diego is currently the top unserved nonstop destination out of Indianapolis.

In addition to Kansas City and San Diego resumptions, Southwest currently serves 16 nonstop destinations from Indy to Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Cancun, Dallas, Denver, Panama City, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Houston, Las Vegas, Orlando, Miami, Phoenix, Sarasota-Bradenton and Tampa.