Southwest Airlines adds four new domestic routes to Florida

Southwest Airlines, the world’s largest LCC, increased its domestic offering with the launch of four new services during the course of last week, all of which are operated weekly (Saturdays). With the longest route being the 2,585-kilometre service from Fort Myers, FL (RSW) to Denver, CO (DEN), and the shortest being inaugurated from Fort Myers, FL (RSW) to Kansas City, MO (MCI) at 1,860 kilometres. The airline will face competition only on the Fort Myers to Denver route, from United Airlines’ daily flights and Frontier Airlines’ four weekly operations.

Launch date	Origin	Destination	WF	A/C	Competition (WF)
8 March	Fort Myers, FL (RSW)	Albany, NY (ALB)	1	737
		Denver, CO (DEN)		737	United Airlines (7), Frontier Airlines (4)
		Kansas City, MO (MCI)		733
	Orlando, FL (MCO)	Portland, ME (PWM)		737
Source: Innovata / Diio Mi w/c 11 March 2014.