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Southwest Airlines Now Serving Long Beach Nonstop from Silicon Valley’s Airport
-- More Flight Times and Frequency to SoCal with Four Daily Flights --
San Jose, Calif. – Southwest Airlines® today launched nonstop service to Long Beach Airport from Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), offering more flight times and frequency to this popular Southern California airport. Bookings are available at Southwest.com or by phone at 800-IFLY-SWA.
“Southwest has added important new service between Mineta San Jose International Airport and Long Beach Airport, a modern and accessible gateway to Southern California,” said Director of Aviation John Aitken. “The Bay Area to Los Angeles Basin corridor is the U.S.’s busiest air travel market, and Southwest’s four new daily flights give travelers more choices in airline, time-of-day for travel, and airport proximity to their business or leisure destination.”
The flights are conveniently scheduled throughout the day to allow travelers more choices in departure and arrival time, and to support ongoing demand for travel between the Bay Area and Los Angeles Basin.
City Pair | Departs | Arrives | Frequency |
San Jose – Long Beach | 9:55 a.m. 1:50 p.m. | 11:15 a.m. 3:05 p.m. 9:00 p.m. | Daily |
Long Beach – San Jose
| 8:00 a.m. | 9:15 a.m. | Daily |
Southwest is SJC’s largest airline with 115 peak departures daily, as of summer 2019, to these 31 cities: Albuquerque, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Boise, Burbank, Cabo San Lucas, Chicago/Midway, Dallas/Love Field, Denver, El Paso, Honolulu (begins 5/5/19), Houston-Hobby, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Los Angeles/LAX, Kahului-Maui (begins 5/26/19), Nashville (begins 6/9/19), New Orleans (seasonal), Ontario, Orange County/Santa Ana, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh/Durham (begins 6/9/19), Reno, Saint Louis, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Seattle, Spokane and Tucson.
JetBlue also offers nonstop service between SJC and Long Beach with two daily flights.
About Southwest Airlines Co.
In its 48th year of service, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) continues to differentiate itself from other air carriers with exemplary Customer Service delivered by more than 58,000 Employees to a Customer base topping 120 million passengers annually. Southwest became the nation’s largest domestic air carrier in 2003 and maintains that ranking based on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s most recent reporting of domestic originating passengers boarded. In peak travel seasons, Southwest operates more than 4,000 weekday departures among a network of 99 destinations in the United States and 10 additional countries. Book Southwest Airlines' low fares online at Southwest Airlines or by phone at 800-I-FLY-SWA.
About San José Mineta International Airport (SJC): Fly Simple
Fueled by a culture of innovation, San José Mineta International Airport (SJC) is the Bay Area's easiest and most dependable airport due to its medium size, simple layout, temperate climate, and inland location. Just minutes from downtown San José, SJC is a convenient gateway to Northern California and the Silicon Valley region, providing nonstop service across North America and to Europe and Asia. SJC is a self‐supporting enterprise owned and operated by the City of San José. For more airport information, visit flysanjose.com. Connect with SJC on social media at flysanjose.com/follow.
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