Southwest Airlines Optimizes Schedule, Adds Service

Southwest Airlines has announced that the carrier will utilize a brand new optimization model to add service in select markets and tweak its schedule. Through the elimination of 31 existing roundtrip flights from its current flight schedule, Southwest has added 40 new roundtrip flights in key growth cities such as Denver and Ft. Lauderdale and Hollywood.

Several markets will be gaining new nonstop service. The cities and flight frequencies are: three new daily nonstop roundtrips between Denver and Orange County, two new daily nonstop roundtrips between Denver and Tulsa, one new daily nonstop roundtrip between Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood and Las Vegas, one new daily nonstop roundtrip between Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood and Kansas City, one new daily nonstop roundtrip between Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood and Albany and one new daily nonstop roundtrip between Ft. Myers and St. Louis.

To celebrate the new nonstop service, Southwest is offering a $69 one-way advance purchase fare between Denver and Tulsa and a $79 one-way advance purchase fare between Denver and Orange County. Southwest is offering an $89 one-way advance purchase fare between Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood and Kansas City and Albany and a $149 one-way advance purchase fare between Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood and Las Vegas.

The carrier will offer a $69 one-way advance purchase fare between Ft. Myers and St. Louis. These 14-day advance purchase fares are available now for purchase for travel beginning on Nov. 2, 2008, through the end of the schedule, currently Jan. 9.