Originally Posted by allergictocoach
TYS is has never been cheap and things have worsened since the departure of Independence Air. 5-10 years ago I only dreamed of a MCO-TYS nonstop w/o ATL or CLT stops. Last year the market had up to 5 nonstops per day and Indy Air was selling them for $44 OW and DL for $59 OW. Now DL has the remaining 2 flts. per day and they run between $400-$1300 RT.
Before the nonstops, I used to find it easier to fly N/S to BNA on WN and rent a car for the 2.5 hour ride over to Knoxville. From Houston you may want to consider the same as cars are quite cheap at BNA at most times.
Agreed, sadly. I lived fifteen minutes from the Knoxville Airport (TYS), and my family regularly drove 2.5 hours to Nashville or 3 hours to Atlanta for our longer vacations. It was just that much cheaper to fly from those cities, especially as we had friends who were willing to watch our cars.
It's a real irritation, but as nice as the Knoxville Airport looks these days, it's just uneconomical to fly out of there unless you have to.
Come on! $500 to fly from Memphis to Knoxville? I don't think so.