Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood) has filed with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for route authority to start scheduled passenger service between Houston (Bush Intercontinental) and Cancun, Toluca and San Jose del Cabo. If approved, which is expected, Spirit will compete against United Airlines and AeroMexico.
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Southwest Airlines (Dallas) launched its initial service to Mexico with inaugural flights over the weekend. The nonstop routes previously served by wholly owned subsidiary AirTran Airways now operate daily between Orange County/Santa Ana and San Jose del Cabo/Los Cabos, Mexico, and between Cancun and both Atlanta and Baltimore/Washington.
Saturday-only service on Southwest between Milwaukee and Cancun begins August 16, 2014.
The Company plans to fully convert all international and domestic service currently flown by AirTran to Southwest by the end of this year. The carriers’ flights schedules are published through March 6, 2015, and are available for purchase at southwest.com.
AirTran Airways continues to operate daily service between Mexico City and Orange County/Santa Ana until the route converts to Southwest Airlines service on Nov. 2, 2014.
Southwest Airlines began international service on July 1 with flights to Oranjestad, Aruba; Montego Bay, Jamaica; and Nassau, The Bahamas, in the Caribbean. International service from Denver begins Oct. 7. Additional international service from Chicago (Midway), Austin, and San Antonio begins Nov. 2, the same day Southwest Airlines begins serving Punta Cana, Dominican Republic*, and Mexico City.
*subject to Government approvals
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Allegiant Air (Las Vegas) has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to operate twice-weekly flights from Las Vegas to Hermosillo and San Jose del Cabo in Mexico. Flights, if approved, would start around June 1, 2014 according to this report by Bloomberg Businessweek.
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USA Today has joined the growing list of media publications now praising the small city strategy of Allegiant Air which they have been flying for years.
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