Southwest Airlines (Dallas) officially landed in Wichita, Kansas.  Southwest’s first flight arrived at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport on Sunday, June 2, and the airline will offer nonstop service to Dallas (Love Field), Chicago (Midway), and Las Vegas.

Southwest has fully converted all flying from its wholly-owned subsidiary, AirTran Airways, over to Southwest, which previously offered three daily nonstop flights between Wichita and Atlanta.  With the introduction of Southwest’s all-Boeing 737 fleet to the market, passenger seat availability increases by 112 percent (over AirTran’s Boeing 717), an equivalent of 2,700 seats per week of additional low fares.

Southwest’s Wichita Service:

• Two daily nonstop flights between Wichita and Dallas Love Field
• Two daily nonstop flights between Wichita and Chicago Midway
• One daily nonstop flight between Wichita and Las Vegas

Top Copyright Photo: Keith Burton/AirlinersGallery.com. Southwest Airlines’ Boeing 737-7H4 WL N727SW (msn 27859) in the Nevada One motif arrives at Las Vegas.

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Bottom Copyright Photos: Southwest Airlines (from the Nuts about Southwest blog):

ICT was excited to see WN and celebrated with not just one, but TWO cakes!

Ron Ricks and local mascots with our Make-A-Wish family