There are 14 article(s) tagged Southwest Airlines:

• October 2024

  • Southwest starts nonstops to Las Vegas, Phoenix

    The airline’s new service will operate Thursday through Monday, joining several Memphis nonstops added in the last six weeks, including Austin, Texas, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

    By Jane Roberts October 04, 2024

• September 2024

  • Memphis airport to get new flight to Nashville

    Southwest Airlines plans for flight service to begin in the spring.

    By Jane Roberts September 25, 2024

• July 2024

  • Southwest ending ‘cattle-call’ boarding; corporate travelers cheer

    One analyst says premium seating could add up to $1.5 billion in revenue a year to Southwest, which reported losses on Thursday.

    By Jane Roberts July 25, 2024

  • Southwest Airlines under FAA review after series of near misses

    The awareness of flight safety in the United States was heightened in January when a chunk of a Boeing 737 owned by Alaska Airlines blew off in the air.

    By Jane Roberts July 24, 2024

• February 2024

  • Southwest adds nonstop flights to Vegas, Phoenix

    The additional flights, though seasonal, will give Memphis International Airport more connectivity to the western part of the U.S. 

    By Jane Roberts February 09, 2024

• July 2023

  • Southwest launches Memphis-Washington D.C. nonstop service

    The airline’s other Memphis destinations are Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Orlando and Phoenix.

    By Rob Moore July 11, 2023

• July 2020

  • Southwest’s Memphis-Phoenix nonstop coming sooner

    Southwest Airlines' daily nonstop between Memphis and Phoenix has been re-slotted for a summer start.

    By Wayne Risher July 16, 2020

• May 2020

  • Southwest Airlines adding ninth nonstop

    Southwest Airlines will add a daily nonstop between Memphis and Phoenix starting Dec. 17.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 28, 2020

• March 2020

  • Southwest launches Atlanta nonstop Saturday

    Southwest Airlines on Saturday, March 7, will bring competition back to the Memphis-Atlanta nonstop flight market for the first time since September 2016.

    By Wayne Risher March 05, 2020

• December 2019

  • Airport sees signs of hope in latest air service moves

    Memphis International Airport officials hope to parlay recent gains in nonstop flights, to Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, into more service additions in 2020.

    By Wayne Risher December 30, 2019

• September 2019

  • Southwest to compete on Memphis-Atlanta air service starting next March

    Memphians will have a choice on nonstop flights to Atlanta for the first time in more than three years, when Southwest launches Memphis-Atlanta service starting March 7, 2020.

    By Wayne Risher September 26, 2019

• January 2019

  • Southwest triples down on Memphis-to-Dallas Love Field

    Southwest Airlines has upped its game on a Memphis to Dallas nonstop route, expanding to three flights a day from one flight a day starting Monday, Jan. 7.

    By Wayne Risher January 08, 2019

• October 2018

  • Southwest, Allegiant collect bulk of airport’s incentives

    Southwest Airlines has been the biggest beneficiary of Memphis International Airport’s incentives for new nonstop flights, receiving more than half of $837,000 awarded since 2012.

    By Wayne Risher October 04, 2018

  • New Southwest flight gives Memphis three Denver options

    Southwest Airlines will launch its Memphis-Denver nonstop on Wednesday, giving Memphians three choices for nonstop travel between Memphis International Airport and the Mile High City.

    By Wayne Risher October 02, 2018