Long Beach Airport gets another Southwest flight to Hawaii

Long Beach Airport gets another Southwest flight to Hawaii

Southwest Airlines announced another flight to Hawaii from the Long Beach Airport today. The announcement on its expansion into the Hawaiian air market included expanding flights from airports that it already provides flights to the islands and new cities that will now offer flights to the state.  The new flight schedule will double Southwest's current flights to Hawaii from across the nation. 

The new flight from Long Beach will be the third for Southwest  with service beginning June 23, 2021. Hawaiian Airlines also has two flights from Long Beach. With five daily flight to Hawaii, the Long Beach Airport has become a major gateway for vacationers in just a year after JetBlue announced its departure from  the Long Beach Airport. 

Other cities that will get expanded service to Hawaii from Southwest include San Diego, San Jose and Oakland.

Southwest also announced inaugural service to Hawaii from Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Phoenix. Those flights will begin the new service to Hawaii on June 6, 2021.  Southwest is offering special fares as low as $129 one-way in those cities. 

Southwest currently has 34 of the 53 Long Beach flight slots. 

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Southwest Airlines to more than double its Hawaii trans-­Pacific service