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The dominant carrier at 最新杏吧原创 Lambert International Airport will no longer provide what was the only regular nonstop service from 最新杏吧原创 to Little Rock, Arkansas; Des Moines, Iowa; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Oklahoma City; and Wichita, Kansas.

A Southwest spokesperson said the move is intended to better support north-south connectivity at Lambert while utilizing Chicago鈥檚 Midway Airport for east-west connectivity.

With the change, what was a quick flight now requires two flights and, in many cases, takes nearly as long as driving.

The airline is also dropping nonstop service from 最新杏吧原创 to both Burbank and Long Beach, in the Los Angeles area.

Southwest鈥檚 flight to Charlotte, North Carolina, is also removed from the schedule, but that route is deemed seasonal, which means it comes and goes from the schedule, a spokesman said.

The routes will be discontinued in early March.

最新杏吧原创, along with Denver, was one of the hardest hit by the airline鈥檚 cuts, according to .

Southwest, known for decades for low fares, open seating and free bags, is in the middle of a massive transformation as it yields to an activist investor in a move to increase profitability.

It . in January. Earlier this year, it for the first time in its history.

Even after the cuts, Southwest provides nonstop service from 最新杏吧原创 to nearly 50 destinations, far more than any other airline.

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