Southwest Airlines plans to add service from both Chicago's and Houston's largest airports next year, the carrier announced.
Southwest has operated out of Chicago's Midway Airport since 1985, and Midway over the decades has grown into one of Southwest's busiest point of operations. The carrier now is working to start service for the first time from Chicago O'Hare International Airport in the first half of 2021.
Around the same time, Southwest also plans to start service from Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, which will be a homecoming for the airline. Intercontinental was one of the three airports Southwest first serviced when it began service in 1971, but the carrier soon moved its services to Houston's Hobby Airport. It operated from both airports starting in 1980 but last flew from Intercontinental in 2005.
Southwest has not yet announced its schedules from the two airports, and a spokesperson said it would "support service" out of Hobby and Midway.