Southwest’s first international routes will see it flying to Aruba and Montego Bay from Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington and Orlando, as well as flights to Nassau from Baltimore/Washington.
"Beginning July 1, 2014, Bags Fly Free® beyond U.S. borders to Aruba, The Bahamas, and Jamaica," said Gary Kelly, Southwest Airlines chairman, president & CEO.
"As our customers seamlessly click through Southwest to make these historic bookings today, our people celebrate the final lap in the journey to make possible our international future,” he added.
The airline will operate daily flights on all the new routes, except Orlando – Aruba, which will be weekly on a Saturday, and Baltimore/Washington – Montego Bay, which will be twice daily.
The airline said in a statement that in the first phase 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 complete the launch of Southwest Airlines service to the remaining four international destinations on the Company's network route map of 96 destinations in six countries,” it added.
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