DALLAS, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) and its wholly owned subsidiary AirTran Airways announced today the carriers received route authority approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for AirTran to operate international flights to new destinations in Mexico beginning as early as May 24, 2012. AirTran’s new international flights will include one daily roundtrip between Orange County, Calif., and Cabo San Lucas/San Jose del Cabo* and one daily roundtrip between Orange County and Mexico City.* AirTran also will initiate four weekly roundtrip flights between San Antonio and Cancun* as well as one daily roundtrip flight between San Antonio and Mexico City.*
“With the DOT’s approval, we are excited to now make these destinations available for sale to both AirTran and Southwest’s Customers,” said Bob Jordan, Southwest Airlines’ Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer and AirTran Airways President. “The new service is another direct benefit of Southwest’s acquisition of AirTran as we take low fares farther by expanding our route maps to more places Customers want to go.”
Examples of these one-way fares include (see Fare Rules below):
AirTran new service beginning May 24, 2012 (open for sale today):
- $119 one-way between San Antonio and Cancun
- $119 one-way between San Antonio and Mexico City
AirTran new service beginning June 3, 2012 (open for sale today):
- $119 one-way between Orange County and Cabo San Lucas/San Jose del Cabo
- $109 one-way between Orange County and Mexico City
To celebrate the new international service, AirTran launched a fare sale today with fares as low as $109 one-way between the new destinations. Customers must book by Dec. 19, 2011, in order to take advantage of these low fares. Currently, all reservations for AirTran flights—including international destinations—must be booked on www.airtran.com, by calling AirTran reservations at (800) 247-8726, or through a travel agent. Southwest Customers can now see AirTran’s nonstop international routes on southwest.com through its new web referral tool which links Customers directly to www.airtran.com. When Customers select an international itinerary from a nonstop destination on Southwest’s site, they will then be directed to www.airtran.com where they can complete the booking process. All flights booked on www.airtran.com will be subject to AirTran’s policies and procedures.
To support the new international flights out of Orange County’s John Wayne International Airport, a market AirTran does not currently serve, AirTran will add domestic service between San Francisco and Orange County with one daily roundtrip flight, and one daily roundtrip flight between Las Vegas and Orange County, beginning June 3, 2012.
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DALLAS, July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) today reported June 2011 traffic results for Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways. AirTran Airways became a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines Co. (“the Company”) on May 2, 2011. For purposes of comparability, the Company is providing combined traffic results for Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways for periods prior to the acquisition date. See the accompanying tables for combined and individual results.
The Company flew 9.6 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in June 2011, compared to 9.0 billion combined RPMs flown in June 2010, an increase of 7.5 percent. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 6.2 percent to 11.5 billion from the June 2010 combined level of 10.8 billion. The load factor for June 2011 was 83.9 percent, compared to the combined load factor of 82.8 percent in June 2010.
For June 2011, Southwest Airlines’ passenger revenue per ASM (excluding AirTran Airways) is estimated to have increased approximately five percent as compared to June 2010.
For the second quarter 2011, the Company flew 27.6 billion combined RPMs, compared to 25.4 billion combined RPMs flown for the same period in 2010, an increase of 8.8 percent. The combined second quarter 2011 ASMs increased 6.0 percent to 33.6 billion, compared to the combined level of 31.7 billion for the same period in 2010. The combined second quarter 2011 load factor was 82.2 percent, compared to the combined load factor of 80.1 percent for the same period in 2010.
For the first half of 2011, the Company flew 51.4 billion combined RPMs, compared to 46.9 billion combined RPMs flown for the same period in 2010, an increase of 9.4 percent. The combined year-to-date ASMs increased 6.5 percent to 63.9 billion in 2011, compared to the combined level of 60.0 billion for the same period in 2010. The combined year-to-date load factor was 80.4 percent, compared to the combined load factor of 78.2 percent for the same period in 2010.
This release, as well as past news releases about Southwest Airlines Co., is available online at southwest.com.
| SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. | |||||||||||||
| PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE COMBINED TRAFFIC STATISTICS | |||||||||||||
| JUNE | SECOND QUARTER | YEAR-TO-DATE | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 2010 | CHANGE | 2011 | 2010 | CHANGE | 2011 | 2010 | CHANGE | |||||
| Revenue passengers carried | 9,893,940 | 9,573,930 | 3.3 % | 28,826,848 | 27,997,507 | 3.0 % | 54,408,243 | 52,308,579 | 4.0 % | ||||
| Enplaned passengers | 12,249,428 | 11,883,202 | 3.1 % | 35,559,232 | 34,084,746 | 4.3 % | 66,753,484 | 63,298,260 | 5.5 % | ||||
| Revenue passenger miles (000) | 9,630,540 | 8,958,462 | 7.5 % | 27,646,263 | 25,403,034 | 8.8 % | 51,361,693 | 46,945,728 | 9.4 % | ||||
| Available seat miles (000) | 11,485,357 | 10,817,312 | 6.2 % | 33,639,005 | 31,722,856 | 6.0 % | 63,902,550 | 60,015,014 | 6.5 % | ||||
| Load factor | 83.9% | 82.8% | 1.1 pts. | 82.2% | 80.1% | 2.1 pts. | 80.4% | 78.2% | 2.2 pts. | ||||
| Average length of haul | 973 | 936 | 4.0 % | 959 | 907 | 5.7 % | 944 | 897 | 5.2 % | ||||
| Trips flown | 122,783 | 118,997 | 3.2 % | 362,691 | 352,352 | 2.9 % | 696,258 | 674,142 | 3.3 % | ||||
| SOUTHWEST AIRLINES | |||||||||||||
| PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS | |||||||||||||
| JUNE | SECOND QUARTER | YEAR-TO-DATE | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 2010 | CHANGE | 2011 | 2010 | CHANGE | 2011 | 2010 | CHANGE | |||||
| Revenue passengers carried | 8,050,632 | 7,750,146 | 3.9 % | 23,494,933 | 22,883,422 | 2.7 % | 44,610,048 | 42,860,257 | 4.1 % | ||||
| Enplaned passengers | 9,924,612 | 9,562,142 | 3.8 % | 28,854,794 | 27,554,201 | 4.7 % | 54,453,912 | 51,248,665 | 6.3 % | ||||
| Revenue passenger miles (000) | 7,692,976 | 7,066,096 | 8.9 % | 22,109,453 | 20,206,229 | 9.4 % | 41,305,339 | 37,367,943 | 10.5 % | ||||
| Available seat miles (000) | 9,212,639 | 8,627,117 | 6.8 % | 27,009,689 | 25,471,845 | 6.0 % | 51,515,363 | 48,091,305 | 7.1 % | ||||
| Load factor | 83.5% | 81.9% | 1.6 pts. | 81.9% | 79.3% | 2.6 pts. | 80.2% | 77.7% | 2.5 pts. | ||||
| Average length of haul | 956 | 912 | 4.8 % | 941 | 883 | 6.6 % | 926 | 872 | 6.2 % | ||||
| Trips flown | 100,180 | 96,753 | 3.5 % | 296,151 | 287,222 | 3.1 % | 569,974 | 549,114 | 3.8 % | ||||
| AIRTRAN AIRWAYS | |||||||||||||
| PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS* | |||||||||||||
| JUNE | SECOND QUARTER | YEAR-TO-DATE | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 2010 | CHANGE | 2011 | 2010 | CHANGE | 2011 | 2010 | CHANGE | |||||
| Revenue passengers carried | 1,843,308 | 1,823,784 | 1.1 % | 5,331,915 | 5,114,085 | 4.3 % | 9,798,195 | 9,448,322 | 3.7 % | ||||
| Enplaned passengers | 2,324,816 | 2,321,060 | 0.2 % | 6,704,438 | 6,530,545 | 2.7 % | 12,299,572 | 12,049,595 | 2.1 % | ||||
| Revenue passenger miles (000) | 1,937,564 | 1,892,366 | 2.4 % | 5,536,810 | 5,196,805 | 6.5 % | 10,056,354 | 9,577,785 | 5.0 % | ||||
| Available seat miles (000) | 2,272,718 | 2,190,195 | 3.8 % | 6,629,316 | 6,251,011 | 6.1 % | 12,387,187 | 11,923,709 | 3.9 % | ||||
| Load factor | 85.3% | 86.4% | (1.1) pts. | 83.5% | 83.1% | 0.4 pts. | 81.2% | 80.3% | 0.9 pts. | ||||
| Average length of haul | 1,051 | 1,038 | 1.3 % | 1,038 | 1,016 | 2.2 % | 1,026 | 1,014 | 1.2 % | ||||
| Trips flown | 22,603 | 22,244 | 1.6 % | 66,540 | 65,130 | 2.2 % | 126,284 | 125,028 | 1.0 % | ||||
| *AirTran Airways’ traffic statistics have been adjusted to conform to Southwest Airlines’ presentation. | |||||||||||||
SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.
AirTran Airways’ New Spring Sale Fares March 8th, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla., March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), launched a sale today for travel to all of the airline’s destinations. Travelers may purchase these sale fares at www.airtran.com, from their local travel agent or via AirTran Airways’ reservations system at 1-800-AIR-TRAN. For Spanish, call 1-877-581-9842.
These special fares are available for purchase through March 10, 2011, and are good for travel from March 18, 2011, through May 18, 2011, for Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle and March 18, 2011, through June 22, 2011, to the airline’s more than 60 other destinations. Off-peak sale fares for the continental U.S. are valid for travel on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Peak sale fares for the continental U.S. are valid for travel on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
For customers travelling to one of AirTran’s Caribbean destinations, Bermuda, Florida or Mexico, off-peak sale fares are available on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Peak fares to those destinations are valid on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Like all AirTran Airways fares, prices included in this sale are available for one-way travel and do not require a roundtrip purchase or an overnight stay. These sale fares require a 10-day advance purchase.
AirTran Airways is a Fortune 1000 company and has been ranked the number one low cost carrier in the Airline Quality Rating study for the past three years. AirTran Airways is the only major airline with Gogo Inflight Internet on every flight and offers coast-to-coast service on North America’s newest all-Boeing fleet. Our low-cost, high-quality product also includes assigned seating, Business Class and complimentary XM Satellite Radio on every flight. To book a flight, visit www.airtran.com
*All fares are one-way. All fares are non-refundable and a $75 fee per person applies to any change made after purchase, plus any applicable increase in airfare. Ten–day advance purchase required. Seats are limited, subject to availability, and may not be available on all flights. Tickets must be purchased by March 10, 2011. Sale fares to/from Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle is valid through May 18, 2011. Sale fares for the rest
Sale fares for the rest of the system are valid for travel through June 22, 2011. Off-peak sale fares for Continental U.S. travel are valid on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and peak sale fares for Continental U.S. travel are valid Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Off-peak sale fares to the Caribbean, Bermuda, Florida and Mexico are valid for travel on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Off-peak sale fares from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Florida and Mexico are valid for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Peak sale fares to the Caribbean, Bermuda, Florida and Mexico are valid for travel on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sunday. Peak sale fares from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Florida and Mexico are valid for travel on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. Blackout dates are as follows: April 21-25, 2011, April 30, 2011 through May 1, 2011, May 26-28, 2011 and May 30, 2011. Service between San Juan and Tampa begins April 5, 2011. Service to/from Bermuda begins on April 7, 2011. Service to/from Tunica, MS, ends May 2, 2011. Service on some itineraries may be provided by our partner SkyWest Airlines. A first bag may be checked for a fee of $20 each way and a second bag may be checked for a fee of $25 each way. Reservations may be made via AirTran Airways Telephone Reservations Center for a fee of $15.
Reservations may also be changed via AirTran Airways Telephone Reservations Center for a $15 fee plus any applicable change fees and fare differences. Fares, routes, and schedules are subject to change without notice. Fares shown do not include Airport Passenger Facility Charges of up to $18. The September 11th security fee of up to $10 is not included. Fares do not include segment taxes of $3.70 per segment. A segment is defined as a takeoff and a landing. Fares to/from Puerto Rico do not include additional government taxes of up to $32.60. Fares to/from Mexico and the Caribbean do not include additional government taxes of up to $100.
SOURCE AirTran Airways