Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. plans to add five nonstop flights between John Wayne Airport and San Francisco International Airport in May.
Southwest is already the busiest carrier at John Wayne Airport with 46 daily nonstop departures. It now offers flights from Orange County to Oakland.
“Southwest Airlines is California’s number one air carrier so it only makes sense for us to serve the extremely popular route between San Francisco and Orange County,” said Kevin Krone, Southwest’s vice president of marketing, sales and distribution.
American Eagle, a part of Texas’s AMR Corp., United Airlines, a part of Chicago’s UAL Corp., and Utah’s SkyWest Inc. already offer a similar route between the OC and San Francisco.
Southwest plans to start the service by offering a $69 one-way fare between the two cities for customers who buy their tickets 21 days in advance.
