Southwest Airlines Expands Flight Offerings with New International Routes and Enhanced Service for 2025
- Airline adds nonstop international service between Nashville and both Punta Cana and Cabo San Lucas/Los Cabos and between Sacramento and Puerto Vallarta beginning March 8, 2025*
- Increases flights to support fans traveling for fall football matchups
- Continues strengthening network with new seasonal and redeye service
(IN SHORT) Southwest Airlines has extended its flight schedule through April 7, 2025, introducing new international routes, including flights from Nashville to Cabo San Lucas and Punta Cana, and from Sacramento to Puerto Vallarta. The airline is also adding new nonstop routes between various U.S. cities and increasing flights to support major events, including football games and a Las Vegas rodeo. Additionally, Southwest is expanding its redeye service with new overnight flights from Denver, San Diego, and Sacramento. All these flights are now available for booking on the Southwest website.
(PRESS RELEASE) Dallas, TX, 2024-Aug-23 — /Travel PR News/ — Southwest Airlines has announced an extension of its flight schedule through April 7, 2025, introducing new international routes and expanding its service network. Beginning March 8, 2025, the airline will launch new Saturday flights between Nashville and two popular vacation destinations, Cabo San Lucas/Los Cabos, Mexico, and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Additionally, Southwest will start service between Sacramento, California, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
In response to increasing demand, Southwest is also adding new nonstop routes starting March 6, 2025, including connections between Austin and Milwaukee, Austin and Reno, Nashville and Indianapolis, and Sacramento and Tucson. The airline continues to cater to sports fans with additional flights supporting key football matchups this fall, including extra flights for SEC games and professional football matchups.
Southwest is also ramping up service for major events, such as the annual rodeo in Las Vegas, with extra flights scheduled between December 5 and December 15, 2024. Additionally, the airline is expanding its redeye service with new overnight flights from Denver, San Diego, and Sacramento beginning March 6, 2025.
All these new flights and the full schedule through April 2025 are now available for booking on Southwest’s website.
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Southwest Airlines Co. operates one of the world’s most admired and awarded airlines, offering its one- of-a-kind value and Hospitality at 117 airports across 11 countries. Southwest took flight in 1971 to democratize the sky through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel and now carries more air travelers flying nonstop within the United States than any other airline1. Based in Dallas and famous for an Employee-first corporate Culture, Southwest maintains an unprecedented record of no involuntary furloughs or layoffs in its history. By empowering its more than 74,0002 People to deliver unparalleled Hospitality, the maverick airline cherishes a passionate loyalty among more than 137 million Customers carried in 2023. That formula for success has brought industry-leading prosperity and 47 consecutive years3 of profitability for Southwest Shareholders (NYSE: LUV). Southwest leverages a unique legacy and mission to serve communities around the world including harnessing the power of its People and Purpose to put communities at the Heart of its success. Learn more by visiting Southwest.com/citizenship. As the airline with Heart, Southwest has set a goal to work toward achieving net zero carbon emissions by 20504. Southwest has also set near-term targets and a three-pillar strategy to achieve its environmental goals. Learn more by visiting Southwest.com/planet.
- Based on U.S. Dept. of Transportation quarterly Airline Origin & Destination Survey since Q1 2021
- Fulltime-equivalent active Employees
- 1973-2019 annual profitability
- Our net zero by 2050 goal includes Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 Category 3 emissions only and excludes any emissions associated with non-fuel products and services, such as inflight service items.
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