Southwest And AirTran Announce Winter Flight Schedules

U.S., June 4 -- Southwest Airlines and its wholly owned subsidiary AirTran Airways announced today new nonstop routes as they extend their flight schedules for travel bookings through Jan. 4, 2013, which means Customers can now book for the highly-anticipated holiday travel season! Southwest also announced that it will begin service to Florida's Key West Airport (EYW) on Nov. 4, 2012, assuming all flying from AirTran. Southwest will operate one daily nonstop departure to Tampa Bay (TPA) and one daily nonstop departure to Orlando (MCO). In addition, Southwest will add new service between several markets (details below).

Southwest's new markets include:

Two daily nonstop flights between Dallas Love Field and Harlingen

One daily nonstop flight between Denver and Louisville

Two daily nonstop flights between Houston Hobby and Indianapolis

One daily nonstop flight between Houston Hobby and Orange County

One daily nonstop flight between Kansas City and New Orleans

Southwest assumes flying from AirTran:

One daily nonstop flight between Key West and Orlando

One daily nonstop flight between Key West and Tampa Bay

Two daily nonstop flights between Boston Logan and Milwaukee

One daily nonstop flight between Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood and Milwaukee

Five daily nonstop flights between Minneapolis-St. Paul and Milwaukee

One daily nonstop flight between San Francisco and Milwaukee

One daily nonstop flight between Orlando and Minneapolis-St. Paul

AirTran has also made adjustments to its flight schedule to accommodate seasonal demand to several destinations.

AirTran's seasonal new markets include:

One daily nonstop flight between Buffalo and Tampa Bay

One daily nonstop flight between Akron-Canton and Ft. Myers

One daily nonstop flight between Columbus and Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood

One daily nonstop flight between Columbus and Tampa Bay

One daily nonstop flight between Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood and Indianapolis

One daily nonstop flight between Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood and Philadelphia

One daily nonstop flight between Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay

One daily nonstop flight between Rochester and Tampa Bay

Four weekly nonstop flights between Flint and Ft. Myers

Four weekly nonstop flights between Grand Rapids and Ft. Myers

"Our Customers have been eagerly awaiting our holiday flight schedules, and we are proud to announce today that we've got the best schedules around," said Bob Jordan, Southwest Airlines Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer and AirTran Airways President. "We made flight adjustments based on holiday demand when we have some of the busiest travel days of the year. We know Customers are looking for the right flights and fares to visit loved ones across the country or take their families to Mexico or the Caribbean-and we've got them!" Published by HT Syndication with permission from US Eturbo News.

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