cancellation of direct flights between Atlanta and Detroit

[southwestwarren]

Why did Southwest cancel  the direct flights between Atlanta and Detroit?

When will they be restored?

I fly this leg frequently and now have to fly Delta (unfortunately!)

[dfwskier]

You won't get a formal response to your question. The typical reasons would be:

1)Too few passengers (low load factor)

2) Fares not high enough to allow the airline to make the rate of return needed

3) Some combination of 1 and 2 above. 

If you want the route back, you could contact customer relations and ask the it be added back. The phone nmber is  855-234-4654 - weekdays only.

[chgoflyer]

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@southwestwarren wrote:

Why did Southwest cancel  the direct flights between Atlanta and Detroit?

When will they be restored?

I fly this leg frequently and now have to fly Delta (unfortunately!)

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Non-stops and directs have been cut back for many cities throughout the current schedule in favor of connecting service, most likely as a result of the MAX groundings. The 3 daily ATL-DTW non-stops may return once the MAX are flying again and Southwest returns to more normal operations, but when that will actually happen is anyone's guess.