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. [...]
Washington National to Saint Louis Non-Stop on Southwest Southwest Airlines made its debut at Washington National (DCA) on July 8th with the highly lucrative non-stop flight to Austin, Texas (AUS) — A close-in “downtown” location and direct access to the Washington, D.C. Metro System makes Washington National (DCA) the airport of choice for many in [...]
Sixth Leg of the Boeing 787 Dream Tour The sixth leg of the Boeing Dream Tour, featuring the 787 Dreamliner, is ready to kick off to seven more cities later this month and into May. Stops include cities in the United Kingdom, Norway, Italy, and the United States. Larry Loftis, Vice President and General Manager [...]
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 [...]
Air Travel, Severe Storms, and Tornadoes Just how do airlines deal with severe weather? We’ve had an unusually high number of significant severe weather outbreaks here in the United States over the past couple months, including the March 2nd tornado outbreak, in which massive tornadoes leveled towns and caused fatalities in Indiana, Kentucky, and other [...]
AirTran – Southwest Merger Continues – New Flights Southwest Airlines and AirTran made additional announcements of new service today that will become effective with the August 12, 2012, flight schedule, good through September 28, 2012, when the schedule will undoubtedly be changed again. In addition to the new Atlanta (ATL) flights from Louisville (SDF) [...]