Southwest Airlines brings back 66 seasonal routes in summer schedule rollout
Southwest Airlines made headlines last week when it announced 30 new routes, adding new service at cities across its map.
The additions — which came as Southwest extended its booking schedule through Aug. 4, 2024 — may have been the headliners, but they're not the only ones that Southwest customers will see come online next summer.
Southwest also detailed another 66 seasonal routes returning to its schedule this summer, many taking the place of winter-oriented seasonal routes that will pause as the summer routes begin.
That latest batch of Southwest's seasonal summer routes to return in 2024 includes everything from short regional hops to cross-country flights. A few of the coming seasonal routes will be daily service, but the vast majority will operate only on the weekends. Some are returning to the schedule as expected after a short hiatus, while others are coming back after a longer pause.
But no matter the details, the returning flights are being welcomed at the airports receiving them.
"This is wonderful news," Iftikhar Ahmad, CEO of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, said in a statement lauding Southwest's seasonal service from Providence to both Dallas and Denver.
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With the Denver service, Providence joins two other destinations in the Northeast — Albany, New York, and Hartford, Connecticut — in landing service to the Rocky Mountain hub. As one of the busiest airports in Southwest's network, numerous connections are available from Denver to cities in the West.
Milwaukee will see seasonal service return to San Diego. When it begins in June, the 1,739-mile Saturday-only service will give Milwaukee its longest regularly scheduled flight.
"We know that there is strong demand to southern California, and these new flights will make it easy to enjoy the west coast nonstop from MKE," airport director Brian Dranzik said in a statement. "Milwaukee travelers utilizing these flights will help ensure that this service will continue to be offered."
And in Norfolk, Virginia, Southwest's seasonal service to St. Louis could lead to increased service between the cities.
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"Southwest Airlines carries the majority of passengers between the two cities so nonstop service is a natural fit," Charlie Braden, the head of market development at Norfolk International Airport (ORF), said in a statement to TPG. "We expect the customer base to grow."
Scroll down for the full list of what Southwest included in its list of returning "seasonal nonstop markets" for this summer, or check out our previous story on the 30 new routes being added to Southwest's schedule.
Southwest's seasonal routes resuming in summer 2024
Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ)
- Orlando: Begins June 6. Five times per week (except Tuesday and Wednesday).
- San Antonio: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)
- Cozumel, Mexico: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Boston: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Pensacola, Florida: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Providenciales, Turks and Caicos: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Seattle: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Boise Airport (BOI)
- Dallas: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)
- Austin: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Dallas: Saturday and Sunday service.
Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN) in Montana
- Dallas: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Chicago (Midway International Airport): Begins June 4. Daily service.
Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)
- Nashville: Begins June 4. Daily service.
Cancun International Airport (CUN)
- Pittsburgh: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG)
- Phoenix: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Charleston International Airport (CHS) in South Carolina
- St. Louis: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Chicago's Midway International Airport (MDW)
- Bozeman, Montana: Begins June 4. Daily service.
- Portland, Maine: Begins June 4. Daily service.
- Reno: Begins June 4. Daily service.
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE)
- Las Vegas: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Tampa: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) in Ohio
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP) in Texas
- Dallas: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Cozumel International Airport (CZM)
- Austin: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Dallas Love Field (DAL)
- Boise: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Boston: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Bozeman, Montana: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Corpus Christi, Texas: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Montrose, Colorado: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Philadelphia: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- San Francisco: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Seattle: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Denver International Airport (DEN)
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Providence, Rhode Island: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)
- Las Vegas: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
El Paso International Airport (ELP) in Texas
- Orlando: Begins June 6. Five times per week (except Tuesday and Wednesday).
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL)
- Phoenix: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Grand Cayman's Owen Roberts International Airport (GCM) in the Cayman Islands
- Baltimore: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Houston's William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Indianapolis International Airport (IND)
- Panama City, Florida: Begins June 4. Daily service.
- San Diego: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN) in Mississippi
- Orlando: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Kansas City International Airport (MCI) in Missouri
- Montego Bay, Jamaica: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Portland, Oregon: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Seattle: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Kona International Airport (KOA) in Hawaii
- Los Angeles: Begins June 6. Five times per week (except Tuesday and Wednesday).
Las Vegas' Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)
- Cleveland: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Detroit: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Raleigh, North Carolina: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Lihue Airport (LIH) in Kauai, Hawaii
- Los Angeles: Begins June 6. Five times per week (except Tuesday and Wednesday).
Long Beach Airport (LGB) in California
- Maui, Hawaii: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Orlando: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
- Kona, Hawaii: Begins June 6. Five times per week (except Tuesday and Wednesday).
- Lihue/Kauai, Hawaii: Begins June 6. Five times per week (except Tuesday and Wednesday).
Maui's Kahului Airport (OGG) in Hawaii
- Long Beach, California: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE)
- San Diego: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Montego Bay's Sangster International Airport (MBJ) in Jamaica
- Kansas City, Missouri: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- St. Louis: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ) near Telluride, Colorado
- Dallas: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) in South Carolina
- Columbus, Ohio: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Dallas: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Denver: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Kansas City, Missouri: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Pittsburgh: Five times per week (except Tuesday and Wednesday).
- St. Louis: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Nashville International Airport (BNA)
- Buffalo: Begins June 4. Daily service.
- Portland, Maine: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Seattle: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Norfolk International Airport (ORF) in Virginia
- St. Louis: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP)
- Indianapolis: Begins June 4. Daily service.
Omaha's Eppley Airfield (OMA)
- Tampa: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Orlando International Airport (MCO)
- Albuquerque: Five times per week (except Tuesday and Wednesday).
- El Paso, Texas: Begins June 6. Five times per week (except Tuesday and Wednesday).
- Jackson, Mississippi: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Long Beach, California: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Sacramento: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Salt Lake City: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Pensacola International Airport (PNS) in Florida
- Austin: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
- Dallas: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)
- Cincinnati: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Fort Lauderdale: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Raleigh, North Carolina: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Wichita, Kansas: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)
- Cancun, Mexico: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Five times per week (except Tuesday and Wednesday).
Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon
- Kansas City, Missouri: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- St. Louis: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Portland International Jetport (PWM) in Maine
- Chicago (Midway International Airport): Begins June 4. Daily service.
- Nashville: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Providence's Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD)
- Denver: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Providenciales International Airport (PLS) in the Turks and Caicos
- Baltimore: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Puerto Vallarta's Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport in Mexico (PVR)
- Austin: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) in the Dominican Republic
- Houston (William P. Hobby Airport): Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- St. Louis: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
- Las Vegas: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Phoenix: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO)
- Chicago (Midway International Airport): Begins June 4. Daily service.
St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)
- Charleston, South Carolina: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Montego Bay, Jamaica: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Norfolk, Virginia: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Portland, Oregon: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Savannah, Georgia: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Seattle: Begins June 4. Daily service.
- Salt Lake City: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Sacramento International Airport (SMF)
- Orlando: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
- Orlando: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- St. Louis: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
San Antonio International Airport (SAT)
- Albuquerque: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
San Diego International Airport (SAN)
- Indianapolis: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Milwaukee: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Tampa: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
- Dallas: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) in Georgia
- St. Louis: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
- Baltimore: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Dallas: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Nashville: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Kansas City, Missouri: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- St. Louis: Begins June 4. Daily service.
Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR)
- Tampa: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Tampa International Airport (TPA)
- Cleveland: Begins June 8. Saturday and Sunday service.
- Omaha: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- San Diego: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
- Syracuse, New York: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT) in Kansas
- Phoenix: Begins June 8. Saturday service.
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