Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways Open Flight Schedules through Nov. 2, 2012; Southwest Launches Fare Sale Between Detroit and Las Vegas

Southwest Airlines and its wholly owned subsidiary AirTran Airways announced today new nonstop routes as they extend their flight schedules for travel bookings out through Nov. 2, 2012. Southwest announced new nonstop service between Detroit and Las Vegas and AirTran announced new nonstop service between Des Moines and Chicago Midway.  In addition, Southwest will now operate two daily nonstop flights between Atlanta and San Francisco as it transitions this route from an AirTran-operated city pair to one operated by Southwest. Southwest also will initiate one daily nonstop flight between Atlanta and Orlando, with AirTran continuing its nine daily flights between these cities. To view a blog post about the new service, please visit www.blogsouthwest.com. To book flights, please visit: www.southwest.com or www.airtran.com.

"Southwest and AirTran are continuing to make schedule additions and adjustments to provide the best flight schedule possible for Customers," said Bob Jordan, Southwest Airlines Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer and AirTran Airways President. "We are looking for ways to maximize our fleet, our operations, and our low fares to give Customers more options when traveling."