Southwest Airlines Adds Flights at DAL/MSY and others.

Southwest Airlines Also Adds New Flights in Tampa Bay, Albany, and Reno/Lake Tahoe

DALLAS, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) is answering Customers' demand for travel with additional flights at Dallas Love Field and New Orleans, and with new service between Reno/Lake Tahoe and Chicago Midway and between Tampa Bay and Albany. Southwest Airlines is expanding its route network and adding new flights in several other key Southwest cities. To take advantage of these new Southwest Airlines flights visit: http://www.southwest.com/jp/luvhome.sht ... _NS_081706.

"Our Dallas Love Field service to Missouri is going like gang busters, and we continue to restore flights to New Orleans," said Kevin Krone, Southwest Airlines Vice President of Marketing, Sales, and Distribution. "Southwest Airlines is growing, and growing strong, in the cities where our Customers want new or additional flights."

The new service breaks down as follows:

Beginning Oct. 5, 2006
* Two additional daily nonstop roundtrip flights between Dallas Love
Field and St. Louis (for a total of six daily).
* One additional daily nonstop roundtrip flight between Dallas Love
Field and Kansas City (for a total of five daily).
* One additional daily nonstop roundtrip flight between Dallas Love
Field and Albuquerque (for a total of seven daily).

Beginning Oct. 29, 2006
* One new daily nonstop roundtrip flight between Albany and Tampa Bay.
Fares begin as low as $99 one-way. This $99 one-way fare is available
only between Tampa Bay and Albany on nonstop flights only and is
available for purchase from Aug. 17, 2006, through Oct. 29, 2006. See
additional fare rules below.
* One additional daily nonstop roundtrip flight between Dallas Love
Field and New Orleans (for a total of four daily).
* One additional daily nonstop roundtrip flight between New Orleans and
Tampa Bay (for a total of three daily).
* One additional daily nonstop roundtrip flight between Dallas Love
Field and Kansas City (for a total of six daily).

Beginning Nov. 20, 2006
* One additional daily nonstop flight between Columbus, Ohio, and
Orlando (for a total of two daily).
* One additional daily nonstop roundtrip flight between Orlando and
Raleigh-Durham (for a total of four daily).
* One additional nonstop roundtrip flight between Raleigh-Durham and
Tampa Bay (for a total of three daily).

Beginning Dec. 4, 2006
* One new daily nonstop roundtrip flight between Reno/Lake Tahoe and
Chicago Midway. This $99 one-way fare is available only between
Reno/Lake Tahoe and Chicago Midway on nonstop flights only with a
21-day advance purchase (see general fare rules below).
* One additional daily nonstop flight between Chicago Midway and Ft.
Myers-Naples (for a total of three daily).

"We are excited to give our Customers more choice and convenience with these new flights," Krone said. "Southwest Airlines is known for low fares, excellent Customer Service, and frequent flights to the destinations Customers want the most -- they asked and we answered with this newly announced service."

Southwest continues to be the low-fare leader, and Customers can take advantage of Southwest's new Albany-Tampa service at even lower fares. These low fares are available for purchase today through Oct. 29, 2006, and are valid for travel from the date the new service is available (Oct. 29, 2006) through the end of the published schedule (currently Jan. 9, 2007). Tickets must be purchased at least 14 days* before departure.

General Fare Rules

Fares are available one-way on nonstop flights only and are combinable with all other fares. When combining fares, all ticketing restrictions apply. Seats are limited and may not be available on certain days surrounding holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. Fares may vary by destination and day of travel, and will not be available on some flights that operate during very busy travel times. Fares do not include a $3.30 federal segment tax per takeoff and landing. Fares do not include airport-assessed passenger facility charges (PFCs) of up to $9 one-way and U.S. government-imposed September 11th Security Fees of up to $5 one-way. Fares are subject to change until ticketed. Tickets are nonrefundable but may be applied toward the purchase of future travel on Southwest Airlines. Fares are valid on Southwest-operated published, scheduled service only and are not available through the Group Desk. Any change in itinerary may result in an increase in fare. Fares are not necessarily common rated and may not be available in the Washington, D.C. area (Baltimore and Dulles) and the Bay Area (Oakland and San Jose).

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SOURCE Southwest Airlines
08/17/2006

CONTACT: Public Relations of Southwest Airlines, +1-214-792-4847

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Excellent news to hear at STL, STL-DAL is doing extremely well and SWA is happy with it. This raises our daily non stop flights at STL to 70 for Southwest.

For comparisions, SWA flew 11,080 passengers STL-DAL, and AA only carried 6,082 passengers in April.

Alex