Southwest Announces 27 New Services from June

Airlines Airports December 17, 2014 Staff

In a new extension of its flight schedule to August 7, Southwest Airlines has added seven new year-round U.S. domestic routes, along with 18...

In a new extension of its flight schedule to August 7, Southwest Airlines has added seven new year-round U.S. domestic routes, along with 18 additional domestic seasonal and two international services for summer 2015.

Southwest Airlines is offering introductory pricing on its seven new domestic rules, for bookings made from December 17 through December 22 for travel between June 7 and August 6, 2015.

Southwest Airlines’ new corporate logo, unveiled on September 8, 2014, pairs the carrier’s new ‘Heart’ logo next to the name ‘Southwest’ in a large sans-serif font, with ‘Southwest’ rendered mainly in lower-case letters

On June 7, Southwest will launch daily service between Indianapolis and Los Angeles, with introductory one-way fares from $139; and twice-daily round-trips between Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, with introductory one-way fares from $69.

The same day, Southwest Airlines will also begin operating a daily round-trip between Oakland and Nashville, with introductory one-way fares from $149; and daily service between Oakland and New Orleans, with introductory one-way fares from $149.

Then, on June 28, Southwest will begin offering a daily round-trip between Austin and John Wayne Orange County Airport, with introductory one-way fares from $119; and a daily round-trip between Austin and St. Louis, with introductory one-ways from $89.

On June 28, also, Southwest will launch twice-daily service between Indianapolis and Boston, with introductory one-way fares from $89.

On September 8, 2014, Southwest Airlines unveiled to its employees a new aircraft livery, corporate logo and redesign of its airport facilities

Southwest Airlines has also begun selling seats for a daily service between John Wayne Orange County Airport and Puerto Vallarta; and seasonal, Saturday-only service between Baltimore/Washington (BWI) and Los Cabos International Airport, for flights from June 7 through August 7, 2015. Both routes are subject to government approval.

“Our June and July schedule is the biggest in our history with as many as 3,800 flights a day,” said Andrew Watterson, Southwest’s vice president of network planning & performance, speaking to reporters at a news conference in Denver.

“What we’re announcing today is an additional investment in many of our long-time communities,” Watterson added.

Southwest’s flight-schedule extension for early summer 2015 also brings 18 additional seasonal flights. Most start on June 7.