Students flying home for the Thanksgiving and the winter holidays will now have the option of using a University-provided shuttle service to the Baton Rouge and New Orleans airports. First Transit — the company providing service for Tiger Trails — will be responsible for the shuttle traveling to the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, said Catherine Utt, First Transit general manager. Shuttles will leave for New Orleans on the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day every four hours, with the first shuttle set to leave at 4 a.m. and the last of each day leaving at 4 p.m.Shuttles will pick up students returning to campus Sunday after Thanksgiving. Sunday’s service will leave the airport every four hours, with the first shuttle leaving at 10 a.m. and the last departing at 8 p.m.The times chosen for the service to New Orleans might not appeal to some students, Utt said. “Students need to realize they might have to wait around at the airport with the times we have chosen,” Utt said. “But it’s better than paying $75 for a cab or getting a ride from a friend. It’s a safe, cheap way to get to the airport.” Logistics for the shuttle service — provided by Campus Transit — traveling to the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport have yet to be determined, said Noah Miller, Student Government transportation director. SG plans to have the shuttle run from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. A roundtrip to New Orleans will cost $20, Miller said. The Baton Rouge shuttle will be $10. The pick-up point for the shuttles will be at the Agricultural Lot. Results from SG’s holiday shuttle service survey influenced when and where the shuttles would go, Miller said. More than 360 students answered SG’s holiday service shuttle survey sent in a broadcast e-mail in mid-October. “About 80 percent of students said they’d use the service,” Miller said. “It was pretty evenly split between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.” The shuttle service may be modified for the winter holiday, depending on the Thanksgiving service, Miller said.”Thanksgiving will be a maiden voyage,” Miller said.- – – -Contact Brianna Paciorka at [email protected]