Press Release From Shreveport Regional Airport:
GLO Launches Non-Stop Flights To New Orleans from Shreveport Regional Airport
On Monday, December 14th, Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV) will host a launch event for GLO’s non-stop service to New Orleans. The launch event will take place at Gate 10 on Concourse B. If you are interested in attending the event, please come to the 2nd floor atrium at SHV by 10:15am to be escorted through security. Each guest will have to proceed through the TSA security checkpoint and comply with all TSA requirements to proceed to the concourse. Refreshments will be provided.
New Orleans-based GLO will restore intrastate commercial air service for the first time since 2004 with the inaugural flight between Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) and Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV) on December 14. The route between New Orleans and Shreveport is the third route for the Mid-South and Gulf regional air service startup, which also services Memphis and Little Rock.
Henry Thompson, A.A.E., IAP, Director of Airports at SHV said, “We welcome GLO’s launch of non-stop service between Shreveport Regional Airport and New Orleans Louis Armstrong Airport. This important route provides a vital link between the Ark-La-Tex region and Louisiana’s largest city; a prime leisure and business destination. It is going to be important that we as a region now show our full support and appreciation for this wonderful new service by filling those seats.”
GLO will offer two flights a day Monday through Friday and one flight a day on Saturdays and Sundays.
“After years in the making, the GLO team is fully prepared to deliver our mission of optimizing business and leisure travel intrastate and within the Gulf and Mid-South regions,” said Trey Fayard, Founder and CEO of GLO. “This is a historic moment for our company and the Greater New Orleans and Shreveport-Bossier regions, and I am grateful to every member of our experienced team who has helped GLO take flight.”
