Just in time for Mardi Gras, American will resume nonstop service between New Orleans and New York-LaGuardia on Feb. 3, with one roundtrip flight each day. American will be the only carrier flying nonstop between New Orleans and LaGuardia. American will also resume mainline nonstop jet service between New Orleans and St. Louis on April 3, replacing one of two daily flights currently being operated by AmericanConnection. Both routes had been flown nonstop by American before Hurricane Katrina devastated the New Orleans area in late August. American operated the first aircraft back into New Orleans shortly after the hurricane subsided, and since then, the airline has been steadily rebuilding flight levels there, operating a partial schedule of flights to DFW, Chicago and Miami.
