Southwest Airlines Announces International Flights

Southwest Airlines begins international operations with flights to the Caribbean starting on July 1. Southwest Airlines will operate daily, nonstop flights between: Atlanta and Aruba, and Montego Bay; Baltimore/Washington and Aruba, Nassau, and (twice daily) Montego Bay; and Orlando and (Saturday only) Aruba, and Montego Bay. In this first phase of the Company’s international conversion plan, wholly owned subsidiary AirTran Airways will continue service between Atlanta and Nassau, between Chicago Midway and Montego Bay, as well as flights to/from Cancun, Los Cabos, and Mexico City, Mexico, and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. By the end of 2014, the carrier plans to