Flights from Houston to New Orleans

• Continental Airlines carried a total of 414,588 passengers from IAH to MSY in 2009.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Houston and New Orleans from Continental Airlines is the B767-4 built by Boeing with 235 seats.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Houston to New Orleans in 2009 was 76.32%.
• Flight #3138, operated by ExpressJet Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 24 minutes average delay between flights from Houston to New Orleans.
• Continental Airlines operated flights from IAH to MSY using 9 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Continental Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, UNITED, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, Shuttle America, Skywest Air, Chautauqua Airlines offer flights from Houston, TX to New Orleans, LA.
• ExpressJet Airlines, Continental Airlines operate the shortest flights from Houston to New Orleans.
• The shortest flight between IAH and MSY takes about 45 minutes.
• 566,060 seats were available on flights from IAH to MSY in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 431,308 passengers flew on all flights from IAH to MSY that year.
• In 2009, there were 8 airline companies operating between Houston and New Orleans.
• The average flight time from Houston, TX to New Orleans, LA takes about 45 minutes.
• There were 431,308 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 American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• The newest aircraft servicing IAH to MSY in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• ExpressJet Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Houston to New Orleans.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from IAH to MSY for Chautauqua Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Houston and New Orleans is 305 miles.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)