Southwest Airlines to Increase Fees and Charge for No Shows Southwest Airlines, the best known of US low cost carriers, will be increasing fees and start charging for passengers who no-show. Two checked bags on Southwest will still remain free which is something you won’t find over at the legacy carriers. While checked bags at [...]
Plan a Family Vacation in Branson, Missouri As the merger between Southwest and AirTran continues, Branson, Missouri, via Branson Airport (BBG) will become the 79th destination to Southwest’s routemap. Starting March 9, 2013, just in time for family spring break travel, Branson Airport (BBG) will become an all Southwest Airlines station. Southwest will offer daily [...]
The United States on Sale through August 24 Southwest Airlines is lowering fares this fall and you can bet the legacy airlines will also be matching. Airfares are as low as $59 one-way to select destinations – Book by August 24th and travel between August 24th and February 13th, 2013, minus black-out dates and restrictions. [...]
Will Southwest Adopt Live TV fleet-wide? Looking for some in-flight entertainment? Southwest is working with Row 44 to provide more than WiFi Internet Access at cruising altitude, but live satellite television. To start with, Southwest will install Live TV on five of their Boeing 737′s with plans to expand to 20 airliners by the middle [...]
New Non-Stops Including Key West Southwest Airlines has announced new flights and will begin operating popular AirTran routes with the merger of the two carriers. Their new schedule allows for bookings through January 4, 2013, allowing customers to book flights for the upcoming holiday season. The highly popular flights to flights to Florida’s Key West [...]
Severe Weather Recovery at DFW April 4, 2012 – UPDATE: A number of flights to and from DFW are cancelled this morning, Wednesday, April 4, 2012, as a result of the storms the previous day which impacted DFW. Many aircraft are out of position and some aircraft on the ground at the time [...]
Southwest Announces New Routes in New Cities Southwest Airlines made changes to their upcoming summer and fall flight schedules today, April 2, 2012. The changes include beginning service to Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) and Dayton International Airport (DAY) starting on August 12, 2012. Southwest’s schedule at Akron-Canton (CAK) includes two daily round-trip flights to Chicago Midway [...]
Frontier – A New Animal to Fly Rockford to Denver Frontier Airlines added a new destination last week operating one of their animal themed planes into Chicago/Rockford Intl Airport (RFD) from their Denver (DEN) hub. The Rockford airport, despite its great position to attract customers in the northwest Chicago suburbs to the Madison area, has [...]
Southwest Airlines Behind The Scenes – On The Fly Production begins on a new series this week providing viewers a behind the scenes look at modern air travel. Behind the scenes you’ll not only see the large scale inner workings and operations of Southwest, but you’ll get to see the personal customer and employee stories [...]