Southwest unveils 2 new seasonal routes in newest schedule extension

Southwest Airways unveiled two new nonstop routes this week because it prolonged its reserving schedule into November.

Each of the additions are available in Tennessee, the place Southwest will start a nonstop route from Memphis to Las Vegas and one other from Nashville to Richmond, Virginia.

Every of the routes shall be seasonal, working with less-than-daily service. The total particulars are under.

Memphis-Las Vegas

• Flights start Oct. 3, with one every day round-trip flight every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Nashville-Richmond

• Flights start Oct. 6, with one round-trip flight working solely on Sundays.

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One other new line on Southwest’s route map will join Phoenix and Houston. These every day flights will start Oct. 3, although the service to Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) technically marks the resumption of a route Southwest final flew in October 2023.

The additions come as Southwest prolonged its flight reserving schedule by way of Nov. 2. Whereas most large U.S. airways publish schedules about 11 months upfront, Southwest’s reserving schedule goes about seven months. The provider extends that window a number of occasions all year long.

Southwest’s schedule extensions usually embody new routes — and typically the tip of others — making it an anticipated announcement amongst business observers.

Nonetheless, the most recent announcement — two seasonal less-than-daily routes and the resumption — made for an unusually quiet replace from the provider. In October, for instance, Southwest unveiled a whopping 30 new routes throughout a earlier schedule extension.

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Nonetheless, the schedule updates typically mark the return of many seasonal routes which can be coming again on-line for the autumn and winter schedules. Twenty-seven such routes have been included this time round, that includes the return of weekend-only service on routes like Atlanta-Cancun; Phoenix-Cincinnati; Kansas Metropolis-Las Cabos, Mexico; Orlando-Grand Rapids, Michigan. A full checklist of the 27 routes the place seasonal service is resuming is under.

• Albuquerque-Orlando: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays and Sundays)
• Atlanta-Cancun: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays solely)
• Austin-Los Cabos: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays and Sundays)
• Buffalo-Sarasota, Florida: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays)
• Charlotte-Houston: Resumes Oct. 6 (Sundays)
• Cincinnati-Phoenix: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays)
• Cincinnati-Orlando: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays and Sundays)
• Dallas-Fort Myers, Florida: Resumes Oct. 6 (Sundays)
• Dallas-Tucson, Arizona: Resumes Oct.3 (every day)
• Denver-Fort Myers: Resumes Oct. 3 (4 spherical journeys per week)
• El Paso, Texas-Orlando: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays)
• Fort Lauderdale-Montego Bay, Jamaica: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays)
• Grand Rapids-Orlando: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays)
• Houston’s William P. Pastime Airport (HOU)-Philadelphia: Resumes Oct. 6 (Sundays)
• Jackson, Mississippi-Orlando: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays)
• Kansas Metropolis-Los Cabos: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays)
• Las Vegas-Raleigh: Resumes Oct. 3 (5 spherical journeys per week)
• Los Cabos-Sacramento: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays and Sundays)
• Memphis-Phoenix: Resumes Oct. 3 (5 spherical journeys per week)
• Memphis-Tampa: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays and Sundays)
• Miami-New Orleans: Resumes Oct. 3 (4 spherical journeys per week)
• Milwaukee-Fort Myers: Resumes Oct. 3 (every day)
• Nashville-Cancun: Resumes Oct. 6 (Sundays)
• Orlando-Tulsa: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays and Sundays)
• Phoenix-Cancun: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays and Sundays)
• Phoenix-Wichita, Kansas: Resumes Oct. 6 (Sundays)
• San Antonio-Cancun: Resumes Oct. 5 (Saturdays)

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