Southwest Airlines Announces New Service in Denver
PR Newswire
Posted: 2008-05-07 11:00:00
DALLAS, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines announced today
an expansion of its service in Denver with five new nonstop flights and three
new destinations. The additional service includes new nonstop flights between
Denver and Sacramento, Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, and New Orleans. The Company
also announced it will add one additional daily nonstop flight between Denver
and Phoenix (for a total of seven). Flights are available for booking today
for travel beginning on Aug. 4, 2008. To take advantage of these new
Southwest Airlines flights, visit:
http://www.southwest.com/?src=PR_NS DEN_050708.
"Denver's strategic location fits nicely into our network, and we are
delighted by the response we have seen to our service and growth in the Mile
High city," Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said. "We have been able to
consistently grow according to our plans in the two plus years since we
returned to Denver, which is typical of how we enter a market this size."
BEGINNING AUG. 4, 2008:
-- Two new daily nonstop roundtrips between Denver and Sacramento.
-- One new daily nonstop roundtrip between Denver and Ft.
Lauderdale/Hollywood.
-- One new daily nonstop roundtrip between Denver and New Orleans.
-- One additional daily nonstop roundtrip between Denver and Phoenix (for
a total of seven).
Southwest Airlines began service to Denver on Jan. 3, 2006, with 13 daily
nonstop departures to three destinations. The airline currently operates 61
daily nonstop flights from the Mile High city, making Denver the fastest
growing city in the Company's history. More than 150 Southwest Airlines
Employees call Denver home.
After 37 years of service, Southwest Airlines continues to differentiate
itself from other low fare carriers-offering a reliable product with exemplary
Customer Service. Southwest Airlines is the most productive airline in the
sky and offers Customers a comfortable traveling experience. Southwest offers
a very comfortable ride with all premium leather seats and plenty of legroom
with a young all Boeing 737 fleet. Southwest recently updated its gate areas
and improved its boarding procedure to make flying Southwest convenient and
simple. Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), the nation's largest carrier in terms
of domestic passengers enplaned, currently serves 64 cities in 32 states.
Based in Dallas, Southwest currently operates more than 3,400 flights a day
and has more than 34,000 Employees systemwide.
http://www.southwest.com
SOURCE Southwest Airlines
