Southwest Begins Long-Haul Flights From Dallas To Denver
DALLAS (AP) - Some passengers aboard the first long-haul Southwest Airlines flights from Dallas Love Field have been treated to shirts and vacation packages.
Southwest on Monday launched its first long-distance flights from its home base to seven U.S. cities, with eight more destinations next month.
Such flights were prohibited until now by a 1980 federal law that protected Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport by limiting flights from Love Field to a few nearby states. Those restrictions have now expired.
The initial schedule includes nonstop service between Love Field and Denver, Chicago Midway, Washington, D.C., Baltimore-Washington, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Orlando, Florida.
Southwest on Monday also announced plans to give away 1,000 free flights to celebrate the carrier's new long-distance schedules.
The carrier began service in June 1971.
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