An article in news.branson.com on February 10, 2009, entitled “Branson Airport announces expanded air service to Milwaukee” reported on the information released by the Branson Airport on the new AirTran air service between the Branson Airport (BKG) and Milwaukee, WI (MKE) scheduled to start on May 11. The flight to Milwaukee (MKE) will start on May 11, the same day that AirTran service to Atlanta (ATL) will start.
The news.branson.com article states, “AirTran will begin the Milwaukee service on May 11, 2009 with one daily nonstop flight in each direction. The daily flight is scheduled to depart Milwaukee (MKE) at 10:15 and arrive at the Branson Airport (BKG) at 11:50. It will depart BKG at 2:00 p.m. and arrive in MKE at 3:25. The release indicates that AirTran connections are available through Milwaukee to Baltimore, New York City, Minneapolis, Boston, Orlando, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.”
The article goes on to report that although the AirTran schedules shown on its website indicate “viable connections with same day service on both the outbound and return flights for Milwaukee, Baltimore, New York City, Minneapolis, Boston, Orlando, and Atlanta,” the same cannot be said for the connections to the west. The schedule indicates no connections through MKE to either Los Angeles or Las Vegas from the BKG to MKE flight, travel to both those destinations would be through Atlanta (ATL) and that although there is same day service on the outbound flight there is no same day service on the return flight from either destination.
