{"id":8885,"date":"2020-10-28T22:48:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T03:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=8885"},"modified":"2020-10-28T22:49:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T03:49:28","slug":"southwest-airlines-announces-initial-flight-schedules-for-chicago-ohare-and-colorado-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=8885","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Airlines Announces Initial Flight Schedules For Chicago O&#8217;Hare And Colorado Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Southwest Airlines Company\u00a0(NYSE: <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/LUV?p=LUV&amp;.tsrc=fin-srch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LUV<\/a>) today published its initial flight schedules for both Chicago O&#8217;Hare International and Colorado Springs Municipal airports as the carrier continues expanding to bring the value and Hospitality of Southwest closer to more travelers and offers more destinations to fly for leisure and business travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our low fares and friendly policies, like no change fees* and bags fly free**, mean more today as they give people the peace of mind to book travel beyond 2020. We&#8217;re growing the reach of Southwest as we add more destinations across\u00a0the United States\u00a0while bringing our warm Hospitality and iconic Customer Service to more people than ever before,&#8221; said\u00a0Andrew Watterson, Southwest Airlines Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President. &#8220;These additional investments in\u00a0Chicago\u00a0and\u00a0Colorado\u00a0provide even more convenience for our current Customers while also making it more convenient for new travelers to choose Southwest as we begin service from their preferred airport.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>*Southwest has never charged change fees. A fare difference might apply.&nbsp;<br><\/em><em>**Southwest allows travelers to check up to two bags for free (size and weight limits apply).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chicago\u00a0(O&#8217;Hare) service begins February 14, 2021\u00a0<br><\/strong>More than 35 years after landing at Chicago Midway International Airport, Southwest will expand its footprint in the Chicagoland area, adding complementing service from Chicago O&#8217;Hare International Airport starting Feb. 14, 2021. The carrier&#8217;s initial service will offer 20 departures daily from O&#8217;Hare, and the new service is available for purchase at\u00a0Southwest.com\u00a0with fares as low as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <strong>$39 one-way<\/strong>\u00a0nonstop between\u00a0<strong>Chicago\u00a0(O&#8217;Hare)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Nashville<\/strong>\u00a0(four times daily);<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <strong>$79 one-way<\/strong>\u00a0nonstop between\u00a0<strong>Chicago\u00a0(O&#8217;Hare)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Baltimore\/Washington<\/strong>\u00a0(four times daily);<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <strong>$89 one-way<\/strong>\u00a0nonstop between\u00a0<strong>Chicago\u00a0(O&#8217;Hare)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Denver<\/strong>\u00a0(six times daily);<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <strong>$99 one-way<\/strong>\u00a0nonstop between\u00a0<strong>Chicago\u00a0(O&#8217;Hare)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Dallas\u00a0(Love Field)<\/strong>\u00a0(four times daily)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <strong>$109 one-way<\/strong>\u00a0nonstop between\u00a0<strong>Chicago\u00a0(O&#8217;Hare)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Phoenix<\/strong>\u00a0(twice daily).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The number of seats, days of week, and markets for these fares are limited. See full fares, and specific terms and conditions below and at&nbsp;<\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2964436-1&amp;h=1381240955&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southwest.com%2F%3Fsrc%3DPRPRPRNORDCOS201028&amp;a=Southwest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Southwest.com<\/a><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During its more than three-decades of service to&nbsp;Chicago, Southwest has grown to become Chicago Midway&#8217;s largest airline while also employing more than 4,800 People in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Colorado Springs\u00a0service begins March 11, 2021\u00a0<br><\/strong>Southwest will also launch service from its fourth destination in\u00a0Colorado\u00a0when it takes off from Colorado Springs Municipal Airport on March 11, 2021. The new service links the Pikes Peak region nonstop with up to 13 flights a day to destinations across Southwest&#8217;s growing network. The new service is available now at\u00a0<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2964436-1&amp;h=1381240955&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southwest.com%2F%3Fsrc%3DPRPRPRNORDCOS201028&amp;a=Southwest.com\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0with fares as low as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <strong>$29 one-way<\/strong>\u00a0nonstop between\u00a0<strong>Colorado Springs<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Denver<\/strong>\u00a0(four times daily);<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <strong>$59 one-way<\/strong>\u00a0nonstop between\u00a0<strong>Colorado Springs<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Las Vegas<\/strong>\u00a0(twice daily);<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <strong>$59 one-way<\/strong>\u00a0nonstop between\u00a0<strong>Colorado Springs<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Phoenix<\/strong>\u00a0(twice daily);<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <strong>$69 one-way<\/strong>\u00a0nonstop between\u00a0<strong>Colorado Springs<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Dallas\u00a0(Love Field)<\/strong>\u00a0(three times daily)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <strong>$89 one-way<\/strong>\u00a0nonstop between\u00a0<strong>Colorado Springs<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Chicago\u00a0(Midway)<\/strong>\u00a0(twice daily).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Southwest continues growing across\u00a0Colorado\u00a0with new seasonal service to both\u00a0Montrose\u00a0(Telluride) and\u00a0Steamboat Springs\u00a0(Hayden) beginning Dec. 19, 2020. Just a few weeks later, on Jan. 3, 2021, Southwest will celebrate its 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of service to\u00a0Denver\u00a0where it now employs more than 4,000 People and currently offers up to 220 nonstop departures per day during peak travel periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AP20162845815200-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AP20162845815200-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AP20162845815200-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AP20162845815200-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AP20162845815200-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AP20162845815200-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Airlines Company (NYSE: LUV) today published its initial flight schedules for both Chicago O&#8217;Hare International and Colorado Springs Municipal airports as the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10174,797,3965,89,5637,8222,10701,10700,5992,5670,2203,10169,10176,1397,10173,10195,10171,868,10182,1103],"tags":[118,92,4451,988,1925,82,1082,3590,766,1379,2284,4332,1041,660,2332,396,1996,1779,3599,199,214,2188,5717,1923,1429,10364,12796,5595,906,1401,3966,754,7311,1055,755,186,5075,3076,10524,12795,1916,3701,444,4107,1013],"class_list":["post-8885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airline","category-airline-news","category-airport-news","category-aviation-news","category-business-news","category-consumer-news","category-coronavirus","category-covid-19","category-economic-news","category-economy-news","category-finance-news","category-news","category-stock-news-2","category-stock-news","category-stockairline","category-transport","category-transportation","category-transportation-news","category-travel","category-travel-news","tag-airlines","tag-airport","tag-baltimore","tag-business","tag-carrier","tag-chicago","tag-colorado","tag-customer","tag-dallas","tag-denver","tag-destinations","tag-fares","tag-field","tag-flight","tag-fly","tag-harbor","tag-hayden","tag-hospitality","tag-initial","tag-international","tag-las-vegas","tag-leisure","tag-love","tag-low","tag-luv","tag-midway","tag-montrose","tag-municipal","tag-nashville","tag-nyse","tag-ohare-2","tag-phoenix","tag-schedules","tag-service","tag-sky","tag-southwest","tag-springs","tag-states","tag-steamboat","tag-telluride","tag-travel","tag-travelers","tag-united","tag-value","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8887,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8885\/revisions\/8887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}