

While Southwest Airlines was able to add flights to Hawaii in 2019, the Boeing 737 MAX grounding put a crunch on its fleet count and led it to significantly scale back its expansion and fleet renewal plans. SkyWest Airlines, United, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Qatar Airways, Air Tahiti Nui and British Airways all fly non-stop to Fresno. And so, our plan is to pace back this density restoration as business travel comes back." If we were just trying to go restore all the density right now, the demand is not there for business travel. And so, as Tammy outlined business travel, we still expect to be down in December down 55% to 60% versus 2019. Southwest Airlines began serving the airport on April 25, 2021, the first time the airline provided services at Fresnos airport, with daily flights to Las Vegas and Denver. "But fundamentally, you still have to match supply and demand and so the markets where we have, traditionally had density are business markets. This means getting back up to the daily flight operations between primarily business or high-traffic markets.Īndrew Watterson, Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President at Southwest, added the following: Scheduled time of departure from Mc Carran Intl is 21:20 PDT and scheduled time of. The airline's primary motivation is to start to restore the depth of its schedules. Flight WN4688 from Las Vegas to Fresno is operated by Southwest Airlines. The driving force for this question was Southwest's major network initiatives in 2022. FRESNO, California (KSEE/KGPE) The Fresno Yosemite International Airport announced Wednesday morning that Southwest Airlines is to launch air service at Fresno Yosemite International Airport. Southwest is planning to keep its 18 new destinations and rebuild its depth.
