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Southwest Airlines expands to two new California airports and warns of lagging recovery
New service to Santa Barbara and Fresno will try to make up for fewer customers traveling everywhere else.
A Southwest Airline ticket counter at Greater Pittsburgh International Airport on May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)(Gene J. Puskar / AP)
Southwest Airlines will ramp up expansion plans with new service to Santa Barbara and Fresno, California, even as the carrier warns that its COVID-19 pandemic recovery is slowing.
Dallas-based Southwest plans to start flying to Santa Barbara Airport and Fresno Yosemite International Airport in the second quarter of 2021, marking the 11th and 12th new destinations added this year as part of the airline’s strategy to capture more customers while others aren’t flying.
VISALIA â Visit Visalia joins in the excitement as Southwest Airlines announced Wednesday that it plans to bring air service to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, in the heart of the Central Valley, in spring 2021. This is great news for families and adventure seekers wanting to visit Visalia to see Californiaâs most beautiful national parks â Sequoia, Kings Canyon and Yosemite.
âSouthwest will expand the Central Valleyâs air transportation gateway to Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, as we look forward to our new partnership with Southwest and their arrival in the spring,â said Kevin Meikle, Director of Aviation for Fresno Yosemite International Airport.
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Southwest Airlines To Enter Fresno And Santa Barbara In 2021
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) on Wednesday announced plans to add two more destinations, as it will start flying to Santa Barbara Airport and Fresno Yosemite International Airport in the second quarter of 2021.
Last week, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly has announced that the carrier will add expand 10 new destinations this year. Our arrival in the Heart of California, both on the Central Coast and in the Central Valley, will round out nearly four decades of investment in our California Customers and communities, Southwest Airlines Chief Commercial Officer & Executive Vice President Andrew Watterson said. While other airlines seem to fall in and out of love with the state, we re focused on increasing the reach of our low fares and flexible policies in places where we expect them to make a difference.