Flights from Houston to New Orleans

• 524 seats were available on flights from HOU to MSY in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 256 passengers flew on all flights from HOU to MSY that year.
• The newest aircraft servicing HOU to MSY in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' A319 from Airbus Industrie. The A319 started flying in 1997.
• Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines offer flights from Houston, TX to New Orleans, LA.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Houston to New Orleans in 2009 was 76.78%.
• Delta Airlines carried a total of 133 passengers from HOU to MSY in 2009.
• There were 256 passengers that flew from Houston to New Orleans in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Houston, TX to New Orleans, LA in 2009 was Delta Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from HOU to MSY for ExpressJet Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• Delta Airlines operated flights from HOU to MSY using one type of aircraft in 2009.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Houston and New Orleans from Delta Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 183 seats.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Houston and New Orleans.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)