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Southwest Airlines Announces Nonstop Service Between Dallas (Love Field) And Eight New Cities

Date : 02/26/2015 @ 11:31AM
Source : PR Newswire (US)
Stock : Southwest Airlines (LUV)
Quote : $43.24 -0.84 (-1.91%) @ 5:11PM

DALLAS, Feb. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines® (NYSE: LUV) today published 16 additional flights, including service to eight new nonstop cities, from Dallas Love Field. The new service is available for purchase immediately, at low fares as shown below, and will begin Aug. 9, 2015. With this latest service enhancement, Southwest will offer a total of 180 weekday departures to 50 nonstop destinations from Dallas Love Field.

Beginning Aug. 9, 2015, enjoy once-daily, nonstop service between Dallas (Love Field) and:

Boston Logan
with one-way fares as low as
$99

Charlotte
with one-way fares as low as
$89

Detroit
with one-way fares as low as
$89

Omaha
with one-way fares as low as
$69

Philadelphia
with one-way fares as low as
$69

Pittsburgh
with one-way fares as low as
$89

Raleigh/Durham
with one-way fares as low as
$89

Salt Lake City
with one-way fares as low as
$99

(Please see detailed fare rules below. Travel is valid Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays Aug. 9- Oct. 28, 2015, and must be purchased by 11:59 p.m. in the time zone of the originating city by March 1, 2015.)

Also on August 9, Southwest will offer additional nonstop service between Dallas and Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Houston (Hobby), Little Rock, Chicago (Midway), and Seattle/Tacoma. Finally, Southwest will upgrade the Saturday-only nonstop service between Dallas and Charleston, South Carolina, that is scheduled to begin April 11, 2015, to daily service on August 9.

"With the end of the Wright Amendment and our sublease of two additional Love Field gates, Southwest is thrilled to offer Customers more Dallas flights and nonstop service to 50 destinations. These new travel options and Southwest's low-fare competition will provide enormous benefits to consumers and businesses in Dallas and all the cities we will serve. We're continuing to deliver on the promise we first made here at Love Field nearly 44 years ago: to offer the best flight schedule and airline product, delivered by the best People in our industry, which now includes more than 9,000 Dallas-based Employees," said Gary Kelly, Southwest Airlines Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer.

Read more about the latest additions to the Dallas Love Field flight schedule on the Company's blog, Nuts About Southwest.

The new flights are made possible through a previously announced long-term sublease agreement giving Southwest the use of two gates from United Airlines in the newly rebuilt 20-gate facility, which is a collaborative effort between the City of Dallas and Southwest Airlines. Airfield construction continues with additional taxiway capacity scheduled to open in mid-March and mid-July and additional ramp space scheduled to open in late August and in November of this year. Southwest continues its fleet modernization efforts to replace Classic aircraft with more fuel-efficient and longer-range aircraft with winglets resulting in quieter aircraft operation for neighborhoods and communities served by the carrier.

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