Southwest Adds 19 New Routes & Extends Schedule
With the recent approvals of Covid vaccines, airlines are hoping that travel demand will finally rebound for good early next year. Southwest is one of those airlines, and it is preparing for what it hopes to be a normal summer, full of travel and packed planes. The airline extended its bookable flight schedule through August 16th and it has added 19 new routes.
Southwest will welcome two new airports to its network, returning to both Jackson, Miss., and Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Several other airports will get new domestic and international routes.
Domestic Destinations
Nearly 50 years after its first flight, Southwest will return to the airport it first served in Houston, Texas, George Bush Intercontinental in April 2021. This additional service at the city’s north side airport will complement Southwest’s longtime Houston operation at William P. Hobby Airport (HOU).
Southwest customers will be able to fly between Houston (Bush) and five destinations nonstop: Chicago (Midway), Dallas (Love Field), Denver, Nashville, and New Orleans.
Also returning to the Southwest map in 2021 is Jackson, Miss., with service beginning June 6, 2021. Southwest will serve Mississippi for Customers across the country through three nonstop routes to and from Jackson: Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, and Houston (Hobby).
Long Beach, Calif., if getting more destinations with new daily service nonstop between Long Beach and five airports beginning March 11, 2021: Dallas (Love Field), Houston (Hobby), Chicago (Midway), Reno, and St. Louis.
In Florida, Southwest will offer twice daily nonstop service between Miami and Nashville for as low as $79 one-way and twice daily service between Miami and Denver for as low as $89 one-way. These flights start on March 11, 2021. March will bring more nonstop routes allowing customers to reach Sarasota, Florida. Effective March 13, 2021, Southwest will offer weekly service on Saturdays to/from Columbus, Indianapolis and Pittsburg.
Customers be able to visit two new seasonal winter destinations in Colorado. Beginning Dec. 19, 2020 and continuing through April 5, 2021, Southwest will offer up to three daily round trip flights between Denver and Steamboat Springs (Hayden), and between Denver and Montrose (Telluride). Additionally, the carrier will offer one round trip on Saturdays and Sundays between Dallas (Love Field) and both Montrose (Telluride) and Steamboat Springs (Hayden).
Southwest Adds 19 New Routes – International Destinations
In March 2021, Southwest will add a third destination in Mexico nonstop from the carrier’s newest international gateway, Phoenix. Effective March 11, 2021, the carrier will offer once daily nonstop service between Phoenix and Cancun. This adds to Southwest’s existing service from Phoenix to both Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta.
Southwest will also resume daily nonstop service on March 11, 2021, between Houston (Hobby) and Cozumel, Mexico, and between both Houston (Hobby) and Chicago (Midway) and Montego Bay, Jamaica. It will resume weekly service on Saturdays between both Columbus, Ohio and San Antonio and Cancun as well.
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