Southwest Airlines adds South Carolina

Southwest Airlines (Dallas) today (March 14) celebrated the airline’s new service in the Palmetto State by bringing its big planes and little fares to Greenville-Spartanburg (GSP) and Charleston (CHS). Gary Kelly, Southwest Airlines Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO, joins Greenville-Spartanburg Executive Airport Director David N. Edwards, Jr. and Airport Chairwoman Minor Shaw in this morning’s news conference at the airport’s airside garden to officially launch the airline’s new service to Greenville-Spartanburg. Later in the afternoon, Kelly also joined with Charleston Aviation Authority Chairman Chip Limehouse, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Chairman Robert Pierce, Charleston Regional Development Alliance Chairman Sean Bennett, and Charleston Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Chairman Roger Warren in a news conference in the airport’s atrium to officially launch the airline’s new service to Charleston, the second assembly plant for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Southwest Airlines now serves the Upstate from Greenville-Spartanburg with seven daily nonstop departures—two daily nonstop departures to/from Baltimore/Washington and Chicago Midway and one daily nonstop to/from Nashville, Houston, and Orlando. Southwest Airlines operates from Gates A3 and A4 in Greenville-Spartanburg’s main terminal.

Southwest Airlines now serves the Lowcountry from Charleston with seven daily nonstop departures—three daily nonstop departures to/from Baltimore/Washington, two daily nonstops to Chicago Midway, one daily nonstop to/from Nashville, and one daily nonstop to/from Houston. Southwest Airlines operates from Gate B5 in Charleston’s main terminal.

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