Southwest Airlines And AirTran Airways Announce January Flight Schedules

Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways Open Flight Schedules through Feb. 13, 2013

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Jul 09, 2012, 11:00 ET

DALLAS, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) and its wholly owned subsidiary AirTran Airways announced today they extended their flight schedules for travel bookings through Feb. 13, 2013. In the schedule, Southwest will begin new service between Nashville and New York LaGuardia with two daily nonstop flights. The carrier also will begin new seasonal routes as listed below. To book flights, please visit: www.southwest.com or www.airtran.com.

Southwest's new market:

Two daily nonstop flights between Nashville and New York LaGuardia

Southwest's new seasonal markets include:

One daily nonstop flight between Nashville and Ft. Myers
One daily nonstop flight between Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood and Phoenix
One daily nonstop flight between Milwaukee and New Orleans
One daily nonstop flight between Ontario and Reno

AirTran's flight schedule remains consistent with its winter flight schedule. To view a blog post about the new schedules, please visit www.blogsouthwest.com.

About Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines continues to differentiate itself from other low-fare carriers—offering a reliable product with exemplary Customer Service. Southwest Airlines is the nation's largest carrier in terms of originating domestic passengers boarded. Southwest serves 73 cities in 38 states and is one of the most honored airlines in the world known for its commitment to the triple bottom line of Performance, People, and Planet. To read more about how Southwest is doing its part to be a good citizen, visit southwest.com/cares to read the Southwest Airlines One Report(TM). Based in Dallas, Southwest currently operates more than 3,400 flights a day and has more than 46,000 Employees systemwide.

About AirTran Airways
AirTran Airways, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines Co., has been ranked the top airline in the Airline Quality Rating study twice in the past four years. AirTran offers Gogo Inflight Internet Connectivity and coast-to-coast service on North America's newest all-Boeing fleet. The airline's low-cost, high-quality product also includes assigned seating and Business Class. To book a flight, visit airtran.com.

southwest.com

SOURCE Southwest Airlines