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Southwest Airlines to fly to San Juan, Puerto Rico (replacing AirTran)

Southwest Airlines (Dallas) and its wholly owned subsidiary AirTran Airways announced an extension of flight schedules for travel through November 1, 2013. In extending both carriers’ bookable inventory, Southwest introduces four new nonstop routes, including the first Southwest service from Des Moines to the West through Las Vegas, and the return of seasonal service in three markets. The carrier also announced new Southwest Airlines service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and San Juan, a conversion from AirTran service in the market, beginning on September 29, 2013. Southwest Airlines begins its initial service in San Juan, Puerto Rico on April 14 with nonstop service between both Tampa Bay and Orlando. AirTran introduces additional seasonal flying to and from Florida.

Southwest’s new markets:

Two daily nonstop flights between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and San Juan
One daily nonstop flight between Nashville and Pittsburgh
One daily nonstop flight between Atlanta and San Diego
One daily nonstop flight between Des Moines and Las Vegas
One daily nonstop flight between Jacksonville and Chicago

Southwest’s returning seasonal markets:

One daily nonstop flight between Indianapolis and Orlando
One daily nonstop flight between Jacksonville and Las Vegas
One daily nonstop flight between Orlando and Minneapolis-Saint Paul

AirTran’s new markets:

Seasonal service between Orlando and Houston (Hobby)
Seasonal service between Orlando and New Orleans
Seasonal service between Fort Myers and Columbus
Seasonal service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and Pittsburgh

Top Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 WL N944WN (msn 36659) with extra “Free Bags Fly Free” markings arrives on runway 9L at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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Bottom Copyright Photo: Tony Storck. The special AirTran schemes are not expected to survive the integration into Southwest. The pictured Boeing 737-7BD WL N354AT (msn 36725) in the special Georgia Aquarium “Dolphin 1” scheme is due to become N7724A with Southwest.

AirTran Airways to fly from Chicago Midway to both Montego Bay and Punta Cana

Southwest Airlines Company (Dallas) has announced new nonstop service between Chicago (Midway) and both Montego Bay, Jamaica, and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

The flights, subject to governmental approvals, will be operated by Southwest’s wholly owned subsidiary AirTran Airways.

AirTran Airways nonstop flights between Chicago (Midway) and Montego Bay*:

Begin Sunday, April 14
Will operate on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays

AirTran Airways nonstop flights between Chicago (Midway) and Punta Cana*:

Begin Sunday, May 19
Will operate on Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays

*air service subject to governmental approvals

Southwest and AirTran currently operate a combined 200+ daily departures from Chicago (Midway) including daily service to Cancun, Mexico, which began in May 2012.

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AirTran Airways to fly Denver-Los Cabos starting on March 10

Southwest Airlines (Dallas) and its wholly owned subsidiary, AirTran Airways, have announced new international flights between Denver International Airport (DEN) and Los Cabos International Airport (SJD) in Baja California, Mexico.

AirTran’s daily service on the new route begins on March 10, 2013.

AirTran Airways also currently serves SJD Los Cabos International Airport with daily service to/from Orange County (increasing to twice-daily as of June 2, 2013) and has flights between other destinations in the US and both Cancun and Mexico City.

Southwest Airlines began service to Denver on January 3, 2006, with 13 daily departures to three destinations. The airline currently operates 163 daily flights to 54 destinations from Denver. Southwest recently demonstrated its LUV for the state of Colorado by dedicating Colorado One, a specialty aircraft painted with the colors of the Colorado state flag (see below).

Top Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Boeing 737-7BD N290AT (msn 33925) of AirTran Airways completes its final approach into Los Angeles.

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Bottom Copyright Photo (click on the photos for the larger view): Mark Durbin. Colorado One in the form of Boeing 737-7H4 N230WN (msn 34592), taxies at San Francisco.

Southwest Airlines to push south to San Juan, Puerto Rico on April 14

Southwest Airlines (Dallas) now offers for sale nonstop service from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Orlando and Tampa, for travel beginning on Sunday, April 14, 2013. Beginning in April, Southwest will operate three daily nonstop flights between Orlando and San Juan and one daily nonstop flight between Tampa and San Juan, as the carrier transitions these routes from AirTran Airways-operated city pairs.

AirTran Airways will continue to offer service between San Juan and Baltimore/Washington, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, and Atlanta. Southwest soon will determine the best time to convert the remaining AirTran flying to Southwest as part of the ongoing integration to eventually become one airline flying under the Southwest brand. AirTran Customers who booked flights between San Juan and Tampa Bay or San Juan and Orlando for travel beginning April 14, 2013, or later will be contacted by the airline and rebooked on Southwest flights.

AirTran began service at San Juan in March 2008 with service to Orlando and Atlanta. In February 2009, the carrier added service between San Juan and Baltimore/Washington. AirTran added San Juan service to Tampa Bay in April 2011 and to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood in May 2012. Today, AirTran still offers a total of five daily nonstop flights to three markets from San Juan: Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, and Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood (see below).

Top Copyright Photo: Southwest Airlines’ Boeing 737-8H4 N8604K (msn 39883) taxies to the runway at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Bottom Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Boeing 737-7BD N313AT (msn 33927) departs the runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

The incredibly shrinking AirTran route map and future Southwest destinations:

Please click on the map to expand.

AirTran adds more flights on the Baltimore/Washington-Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood route

AirTran Airways (subsidiary of Southwest Airlines) (Dallas) has announced more options for Baltimore Customers looking to get to Florida, AirTran Airways will add as many as four daily nonstop flights between Baltimore/Washington and Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood beginning on September 6, 2012, through the end of its published schedule on February 13, 2013. The new flights will add to AirTran’s existing three daily roundtrip flights between the markets.

With the September flight schedule, Southwest Airlines will operate three daily nonstop flights between Baltimore/Washington and Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood for a combined total of up to ten daily roundtrip BWI-FLL flights between the carriers.

Southwest Airlines began service to Baltimore/Washington on Sept. 15, 1993, with ten daily nonstop departures to two cites. Since then, Southwest has grown its operation to more than 170 daily nonstop departures to nearly 50 cities. Southwest has nearly 3,000 Employees at BWI, and has a plane dedicated to the state, Maryland One.

Top Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Boeing 737-7BD N281AT taxies to the runway at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood.

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