US: Southwest Airlines Begun 23 New Routes On 1St November 2015

On 1 November, Southwest Airlines commenced services to Liberia in Costa Rica from Houston Hobby. The 2,345-kilometre link will operate daily and be flown by the LCC’s 737-700s according to OAG Schedules Analyser data.

Southwest Airlines commenced services on 23 new routes last week, all of them starting on 1 November according to OAG Schedules Analyser data. Of the new routes, 11 will face direct competition, with four facing two incumbent carriers.

The average sector length of the new routes is 1,884-kilometres, while all will operate at least a daily rotation.

The new routes also welcome the carrier’s first ever services from Houston Hobby (HOU) to Montego Bay (MBJ) and Liberia (LIR), routes that have only been allowed to operate since the opening of a new international facility at the Texan airport a few weeks ago.

Lauched On November 1st as below:

Austin-Bergstrom (AUS) TO Boston (BOS)
Seattle-Tacoma (SEA) " Alaska Airlines
Denver (DEN) " Cleveland (CLE)
Puerto Vallarta (PVR) " United Airlines
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) " Albany (ALB)
" " Columbus (CMH)
" " Indianapolis (IND)
" " Kansas City (MCI)
" " Milwaukee (MKE)
" " Philadelphia (PHL)
" " Pittsburgh (PIT)
" " Raleigh-Durham (RDU)
Houston Hobby (HOU) " Liberia (LIR)
" Montego Bay (MBJ)
New York LaGuardia (LGA) " Indianapolis (IND)
Oakland (OAK) " Atlanta (ATL)
Orlando (MCO) " Grand Rapids (GRR)
Palm Beach (PBI) " Philadelphia (PHL)
Southwest Florida (RSW) " Akron/Canton (CAK)
" Milwaukee (MKE)
Tampa (TPA) " Flint (FNT)
" Rochester (ROC)
Washington Reagan (DCA) " Orlando (MCO)