Southwest Airlines And AirTran Airways Increase Flight Schedule For Football Fans Traveling To The Big Easy For The Big Game

DALLAS, Jan. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) and its wholly owned subsidiary AirTran Airways is once again making the right call for football fans planning to travel to New Orleans for the big game on Feb. 3, 2013. Today, the airlines introduced additional flights to accommodate Customers traveling to New Orleans, including nonstop service not normally offered from San Francisco (SFO), specifically for the big game.  The new flights implemented for the big game are available for purchase only at southwest.com, swabiz.com and airtran.com!

Southwest Airlines Additional Service on Jan. 31:

• Two daily nonstops from San Francisco to New Orleans.
• Two daily nonstops from Baltimore/Washington to New Orleans for a total of four daily nonstop departures.

AirTran Airways Additional Service on Jan. 31:

• One daily nonstop from Atlanta to New Orleans for a total of five daily nonstop departures.

Southwest Airlines Additional Service on Feb. 4:

• Two daily nonstops from New Orleans to San Francisco.

The airlines added other flights, but due to high demand, the service is already sold out.

Southwest Airlines Additional Service on Feb 4:

• Two daily nonstops from New Orleans to Baltimore/Washington for a total of four daily nonstop departures (sold out).

AirTran Airways Additional Service on Feb 4:

• Two daily nonstop departures from New Orleans to Atlanta for a total of six daily nonstop departures (sold out).

In addition, Southwest Airlines' Bay Area Customers can fly existing service from Oakland to New Orleans with seven daily direct flight options. Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways look forward to sending Customers to the Big Easy for the big game!

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AirTran Airways

AirTran Airways, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines Co., has been ranked top airline in the Airline Quality Rating study three times in the past five years. AirTran offers coast-to-coast and near-international service with close to 600 flights a day to 55 destinations.  The carrier's low-cost, high-quality product includes assigned seating and Business Class. As Southwest continues to integrate AirTran's People, places, and planes into Southwest Airlines, Customers of both carriers may book flights at airtran.com and exchange earned loyalty points between both AirTran's A+ Rewards® and Southwest's Rapid Rewards® for reward travel on either airline.*

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SOURCE Southwest Airlines