April 24 (Bloomberg) - Southwest Airlines Co. full operations plans today and AirTran Airways of AirTran Holdings Inc. may resume some service International of Lambert-St. Louis in Saint Louis Airport after a tornado forced the airport to close.
Plans of the southwest to exploit its full schedule today after bringing in some aircraft, the carrier said yesterday in an e-mail. AMR Corp. American Airlines, AirTran and Southwest flights were cancelled after the installation has been damaged. "While" disruption is important for St. Louis and passenger origin and destination of it, it is unlikely to have a major impact on the network of the nation, said Robert w. Mann, President of R.W. Mann & Co. "a Port WashingtonNew York-based consultant, in an e-mail.The storm that struck on the evening of April 22. He broke most of the doors and glass Windows and ripped off sections of the roof in Terminal 1 of the Hall C of Lambert, according to Jeff Lea, a spokesman for the airport. Fences, signs, trees and light poles were damaged and "certain vehicles have been delivered", Lea said in an interview.Terminal 2 and the airfield of the airport are "fully functional", said Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, Director of the airport. Most damage was done to Terminal 1, Hall C, where the American and AirTran run their operations, she said.The airport hopes to have as much as 70 per cent of the operations of service by today and can operate at full capacity in mid-week, Mayor of St. Louis Francis Slay said in a CNN television news conference.Minor InjuriesNo to St. Louis was killed in the storm, Charlie Dooley, a branch of the County of St. Louis said at the Conference. Five people have been taken to a local emergency with minor injuries.An American airliner experienced a wind Askew of 70 miles per hour (113 km / h) while landing during the storm, said Ed Martell, a spokesman for America. A plane in the Southwest on the ground was damaged when a belt loader hit the aircraft.Lambert is not a hub for all major U.S. carriers, which qualifies the blow to the country's air navigation system. Southwest represented 44% of the St. Louis passengers for the 12 months ended in January, according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. American follows with 20 percent and Delta Air Lines Inc. has nine per cent.Of 12.3 million passengers passed through last year, the Lambert said Lea. About 256 almost the same number of arrivals and departures a day move in the airport, served by 13 carriers fly to 61 destinations, according to the Web site of the airport.The first destination for flights from Lambert are Chicago, a hub for American and United Continental Holdings Inc. Atlanta, home to Delta base; and Dallas - Fort Worth, where the Americans has its headquarters, according to the BTS data.-With the help of Mike Harrison in London. Editors: Sylvia Wier, Theo Mullen.
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