New Airline Carrier Caters Only To The Southwest

EL PASO — New Mexico Airline’s first inaugural flight out of El Paso took offMonday morning.

The airline hasput El Paso on their new routes throughout the Southwest. The airline flies exclusively to Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Ruidoso and Albuquerque.

Officials with the airline said this is an area that is often over-looked by many major airlines. They hope the move willlboost the traffic of business and visitors year-round.

Flights out of the Sun City to those areas will be available every weekday. Officials said the strategy willcut waiting time in half and make travel to those areas less complicated.

Officials at the El Paso International Airportsaid they are pleased with advance booking so far andlook forward to serving the greater El Paso area.