DALLAS, March 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest
Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) today announced several new nonstop
flights linking cities across the United
States as it extends its bookable flight schedule through
Nov. 2, 2019.
New Daily Nonstop Routes Take Off
Effective Aug. 10, 2019, Southwest
will add weekend service between St.
Louis and Salt Lake
City. On Oct. 2, 2019,
this route will be offered with daily service between the two
cities along with implementing twice-daily nonstop service between
Baltimore/Washington and Newark*.
*Southwest previously served this route in March 2013.
New routes available on weekend days
Effective Oct. 5, 2019, the
carrier will add weekend service between Nashville and Buffalo, N.Y.; Sunday-only service between
Houston (Hobby) and
Amarillo; and Sunday-only
service between Dallas
Love Field and
Cleveland.
"Our Network Planning Team constantly reviews our service to
address the needs of more than 130 million annual Customers who
want nonstop service to places and at times that work for them,"
said Adam Decaire,
Southwest's Vice President of Network Planning. "We are always
looking for opportunities to add new nonstop service for our
Customers and connect them to the People and places that are
important in their lives."
These flights as well as the carrier's more than 4,000 daily
flights are now available at Southwest.com.
ABOUT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
In its 48th year of service, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines
Co. (NYSE: LUV) continues to differentiate itself from
other air carriers with exemplary Customer Service delivered by
more than 58,000 Employees to a Customer base topping 120 million
passengers annually. Southwest became the nation's largest domestic
air carrier in 2003 and maintains that ranking based on the U.S.
Department of Transportation's most recent reporting of domestic
originating passengers boarded. In peak travel seasons, Southwest
operates more than 4,000 weekday departures among a network of 99
destinations in the United States
and 10 additional countries.
Southwest coined Transfarency® to
describe its purposed philosophy of treating Customers honestly and
fairly, and low fares actually staying low. Southwest is the only
major U.S. airline to offer bags fly free® to
everyone (first and second checked pieces of luggage, size and
weight limits apply, some carriers offer free checked bags on
select routes or in qualified circumstances), and there are no
change fees, though fare differences might apply.
Book Southwest Airlines' low fares online at Southwest
Airlines or by phone at 800-I-FLY-SWA.
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SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.