{"id":9070,"date":"2024-09-27T12:01:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T12:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelaffiliatewebsite.com\/mer\/here-are-the-20-southwest-airlines-routes-that-will-get-red-eye-flights\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T12:01:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T12:01:50","slug":"here-are-the-20-southwest-airlines-routes-that-will-get-red-eye-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelaffiliatewebsite.com\/mer\/here-are-the-20-southwest-airlines-routes-that-will-get-red-eye-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the 20 Southwest Airlines routes that will get red-eye flights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Southwest Airlines passengers will board red-eye flights for the first time ever beginning this February.<\/p>\n

It marks a major scheduling shift for the carrier \u2014 one that comes amid a raft of other changes at Southwest<\/a> as part of an operational shake-up meant to improve profitability.<\/p>\n

Southwest\u2019s first tranche of red-eyes<\/a> will begin Feb. 13 on five routes. Each will land at its destination on the morning of Feb. 14.<\/p>\n

By mid-April, Southwest\u2019s red-eyes will be flying on a total of 20 routes \u2014 including five from Hawaii to the U.S. West Coast.<\/p>\n

It’s an efficiency play by Southwest. The company said that adding the overnight flying \u2014 which will put planes in the air during hours that Southwest has typically parked them \u2014 will add the capacity equivalent of about 18 aircraft to its 2025 schedule.<\/p>\n

Southwest detailed the decision during <\/span>an investor presentation<\/a> Thursday. It<\/span>\u00a0described the move as one that will \u201cdrive revenue without additional aircraft or headcount.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, where will customers find the new red-eye flights?<\/p>\n

Baltimore\/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) will be Southwest\u2019s top red-eye hub on the East Coast, with the airport set to have overnight arrivals from six destinations by early March.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas\u2019 Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) will have the largest bank of eastbound red-eyes, with flights bound for five destinations. The airport will also receive three of Southwest’s five overnight flights from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland.<\/p>\n

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Scroll down for a list of all 20 of the red-eye flights Southwest plans to phase in between Feb. 13 and April 8. (The routes are grouped by airport, each listed only once by departure from west to east.)<\/p>\n

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