In the aftermath of Hurricane Rita, Commercial airlines resumed service Sunday at Houston airports that were shut down Friday before Hurricane Rita landed.

Houston’s main airports, Bush Intercontinental and Hobby, were not significantly damaged as the storm shifted east and skirted the city, airline officials said.

Southwest Airlines Co. and Continental Airlines Inc. said they resumed flights from Dallas to Houston on Sunday morning.

Many Continental flights into Houston Sunday were sold out and only a few seats remained Monday, a reservations agent said. The Houston-based airline planned to operate 249 departures from Houston on Sunday. Sister carriers Continental Express and Continental Connection expected to resume Houston flights Monday.

Southwest also planned to resume service to New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong Airport and to Corpus Christi later Sunday morning, said spokeswoman Edna Ruano.

Southwest also planned to resume service to New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong Airport and to Corpus Christi later Sunday morning, said spokeswoman Edna Ruano.

American Airlines and American Eagle, both units of Fort Worth-based AMR Corp., scheduled their first flights into Houston since late Thursday for shortly after noon on Sunday, spokesman Billy Sanez said.

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