Southwest Airlines Announces Plans to Serve Fourth Destination in Mexico

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Nov 10, 2014

Service to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, from Orange County/Santa Ana, California, Beginning June 7, 2015, Pending Government Approvals

DALLAS, Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines® LUV, -0.33%today filed its application with the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide daily, nonstop service between John Wayne Airport, Orange County (SNA) and Lic. Gustavo Diaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, beginning June 7, 2015, subject to approvals from relevant governmental agencies.

"Extending our route map to the beautiful region surrounding Puerto Vallarta on Mexico's Pacific Coast is an exciting opportunity for Southwest and our Customers across the United States," said Gary Kelly, Southwest Airlines Chairman, President, and CEO, at a meeting of investors and analysts at the carrier's Headquarters in Dallas. "Puerto Vallarta will be our ninth international destination, allowing Southwest to continue our purpose of connecting People to what is important in their lives while also connecting them to an amazing new destination."

In addition, Kelly announced the Company's plans to add Saturday service between Baltimore/Washington International Airport and San Jose del Cabo/Los Cabos, Mexico, beginning June 13, 2015, subject to approvals from relevant governmental agencies.

The carrier also today extended its bookable flight schedule through June 5, 2015, offering Customers many new options such as new seasonal daily service between San Antonio and Cancun, and between San Diego and St. Louis. New flights operating only on Saturdays will connect Houston and Ft. Myers, Milwaukee and San Diego, and Orlando and Omaha. All flight options through June 5, 2015, are now available at Southwest.com.

Southwest Now Offering New Routes Between the States and Mexico

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August 19, 2014 at 10:33 AM | by kjb

Good news from the folks over at Southwest Airlines, as the airline has announced several new routes between the States and Mexico.  

The carrier has been adding over the border destinations this year, many to the Caribbean, and now it's flying to a couple new spots down in south of the border. These are all flight paths that have been inherited from its acquisition of AirTran Airways, so rather than totally new routes, they’re kind of like revamped routes.

Southwest is now doing the nonstop thing between Orange County—the one in California—and Los Cabos, Mexico. If the west coast isn’t where you call home, it's got the other side of the country covered as well, flying to Cancun from Atlanta and Baltimore/Washington. Finally, we can’t forget about our friends in Milwaukee, where Saturday-only service has started up between the Brew City and Cancun.

Southwest's schedule is now open through March of next year, so if you’re looking for a warm weather getaway this winter, head over and take a look.

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Southwest officially enters Mexico market with Los Cabos flight

Mexico News Daily | Sunday, August 10, 2014

Southwest Airlines began operating flights into Mexico today following its purchase in 2011 of Air Tran. The first flight by Southwest, the main discount airline in the United States, landed in Los Cabos, marking its official entry in the Mexican market.

The route had been operated by Air Tran. Its new owner is in the process of phasing out the Air Tran brand. It will cease to exist as of November 2 following a gradual transition.

Southwest Airlines will be going head to head against competitors such as Volaris, operating nine of 21 routes between the U.S. and Mexico. Javier Romo, an analyst with Sigmun Research, said at the time that Southwest didn’t represent a threat to Mexican airlines.

“What it’s doing is increasing the number of passengers in Mexico.”

In June it began offering fares up to 11% lower than rivals, and permitting two carr-on bags rather than just one. It was also offering flight changes with no additional charges.

Last year about 1 million passengers traveled from the U.S. to Los Cabos.

Source: El Financiero (sp)

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