The Lee county Port Authority is please to announce the Midwest Airlines will start nonstop service to Kansas City (MCI) from Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) on Dec. 17, 2009. The flight arrives from MCI at 10 a.m. and departs from RSW at 10:30 a.m. and will be operated on a 76-seat Embraer 170 aircraft, featuring 2-by-2 all-leather seating.

This will be the second nonstop destination offered by Midwest to and from Southwest Florida International Airport. The airline currently offers seasonal daily nonstop service from Fort Myers to Milwaukee (MKE).

Tickets require at 14-day advance purchase and are as low as $72 one way on the Kansas City-Fort Myers route.

Source: Lee County Port Authority