Southwest Airlines Extends Published Flight Schedule

DALLAS, Jan. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. LUV today extended its published flight schedule through Oct. 1, 2019, and will add two new nonstop routes to its network.

New Nonstop Seasonal Service
Effective Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, the carrier will add Saturday-only service between Dallas Love Field and Corpus Christi. Additionally, the carrier is adding service on Saturdays and Sundays between Richmond, Virginia and Tampa, Florida.

Returning Nonstop Seasonal Service
The carrier today also announced the return of previously-operated seasonal service beginning Aug. 10, 2019, on Saturdays between:

Hartford, Conn. and Fort Lauderdale
Buffalo and Fort Lauderdale
Boise and Chicago Midway
Newark and Orlando
Richmond and Orlando
Milwaukee and Seattle

Southwest's seasonal weekend service between Des Moines and Phoenix will also once again be offered beginning Aug. 10, 2019.

These flights as well as the carrier's more than 4,000 daily flights are now available at Southwest.com.

ABOUT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.

In its 48th year of service, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. LUV continues to differentiate itself from other air carriers with exemplary Customer Service delivered by more than 58,000 Employees to a Customer base topping 120 million passengers annually. Southwest became the nation's largest domestic air carrier in 2003 and maintains that ranking based on the U.S. Department of Transportation's most recent reporting of domestic originating passengers boarded. In peak travel seasons, Southwest operates more than 4,000 weekday departures among a network of 99 destinations in the United States and 10 additional countries. Southwest has announced its intention to serve Hawaii, subject to requisite governmental approvals.

Southwest coined Transfarency^® to describe its purposed philosophy of treating Customers honestly and fairly, and low fares actually staying low. Southwest is the only major U.S. airline to offer bags fly free^® to everyone (first and second checked pieces of luggage, size and weight limits apply, some carriers offer free checked bags on select routes or in qualified circumstances), and there are no change fees, though fare differences might apply.

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SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.