Southwest Airlines cargo business expands internationally with planned service to Mexico
Three-and-a-half years after launching its first international flights, Southwest Airlines is looking abroad again with plans to add cargo service to several Mexican cities later this year, the company announced Monday. Southwest said it will start service to four destinations "” Mexico City, Cancun, Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta "” this May, with plans to […]
Southwest Airlines reveals five new routes as it extends schedule into fall
Southwest Airlines announced five new non-stop routes Thursday as the carrier extended its booking schedule through Oct. 1. Several of the new routes will put Southwest into highly competitive markets. Its new Atlanta-Nashville service, for example, will go up against Delta"™s 11 daily round-trip flights on the route. Southwest"™s Denver-Cincinnati route also will face competition, […]
Boeing Debuts First 737 MAX 7
Boeing [NYSE: BA] marked another airplane development milestone today as thousands of employees celebrated the debut of the first 737 MAX 7 at the company’s Renton, Wash. factory. The MAX 7 is the third and newest member of Boeing’s 737 MAX family to come down the assembly line. The jet is designed for up to […]
Anuncia aumento de frecuencias de Southwest Airlines en Puerto Rico
La directora ejecutiva interina de la Compañía de Turismo de Puerto Rico (CTPR), Carla Campos, informó el jueves, que Southwest Airlines continuará expandiendo su presencia en la Isla. "Durante el pasado año, Southwest Airlines consistentemente ha demostrado una tendencia de aumentar su presencia en nuestra Isla extendiendo sus itinerarios. El anuncio de expansión de Southwest […]
España:Los nuevos asientos en vuelos directos a México alcanzan los 2,6 millones
El número de asientos de los vuelos con España aumenta un 15% y las frecuencias suben un 13%. Las aerolíneas y los operadores turísticos continúan expandiendo su capacidad debido a la gran demanda y el potencial comercial. El Consejo de Promoción Turística de México ha anunciado que la conectividad de las líneas aéreas internacionales a […]
Carla Fernández se alía con Southwest Airlines para crear una línea de moda sostenible
En noviembre Southwest Airlines anunció a través de un comunicado oficial el lanzamiento de una línea de accesorios de moda reciclados en colaboración con la marca de moda mexicana Carla Fernández que reciclará el cuero de asientos de los aviones para crear la línea «LUV Seat México» que se comercializa desde mediados de noviembre en […]
Southwest Airline’s new 737 Max lags in on-time flights in first month
Southwest Airlines Co.’s new 737 Max jets will offer the latest and greatest in flying efficiency from Boeing Co. — at least once all the kinks are worked out. In its first month of flying, the 10 Max planes in Southwest’s fleet ranked behind its more seasoned aircraft for on-time performance. While the hiccups weren’t […]
Southwest Airlines inicia vuelos a Rep. Dominicana Costa Rica e Islas Turcos & Caicos desde Fort Lauderdale
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) comenzó el servicio internacional a Punta Cana, República Dominicana e Islas Turcas y Caicos, en el Caribe y (SJO) San José, Costa Rica, desde el (FLL) Aeropuerto Internacional de Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood. De acuerdo a la nota enviada a la redacción de Infotur Dominicano, Manuel De Oyarzabal Castellanos, Ejecutivo de Planificación […]
Southwest Airlines exploring inter-island service in Hawaii expansion
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is considering inter-island service as part of its Hawaiian expansion, but no final decisions have been made, CEO Gary Kelly said Thursday. "Step one, of course, is getting from California to Hawaii," Kelly said in a conference call with investors and media. "(Inter-island service) has been down our priority list, but we […]
It"™s confirmed: Southwest Airlines will fly to Hawaii
Since the airline started to take delivery of new Boeing 737MAX 8 aircraft, there has been widespread speculation that it would use the planes "“ which can fly 500 nautical miles farther than its 737-800s "“ to begin service. And now the company has announced its intention to do just that. Southwest said it will […]
