Southwest Airlines to add additional nonstop flights to Las Vegas out of San Antonio Increased nonstop flights to four other cities also planned

The Dallas-based airline will operate as many as three flights a day to Atlanta and Nashville, and as many as four to Denver and Las Vegas. The Dallas-based airline will operate as many as three flights a day to Atlanta and Nashville, and as many as four to Denver and Las Vegas. Photo: Roman Kharkovski // Wikimedia Commons Photo: Roman Kharkovski // Wikimedia Commons Image 1 of / 50 Caption Close Southwest Airlines to add additional nonstop flights to Las Vegas out of San Antonio 1 / 50 Back to Gallery

Southwest Airlines, San Antonio International Airport’s biggest carrier, plans to beef up nonstop service on key routes — including Atlanta, Denver, Las Vegas and Nashville — starting this summer.

The Dallas-based airline will operate as many as three flights a day to Atlanta and Nashville, and as many as four to Denver and Las Vegas.

The additions will bring the number of Southwest departures to 58 on Sunday, the heaviest flight day, a Southwest spokesman said. Monday through Friday, Southwest will have 57 fights out of San Antonio, and 49 on Saturday.

Visit our subscriber site, ExpressNews.com, for additional details on the additional flights.

The summer schedule begins June 7.

Also this summer, Southwest will schedule a Saturday nonstop flight to Albuquerque, N.M. — though the airline is offering direct flights to the city from San Antonio twice this month, on Dec. 21 and 28.

Randy Diamond covers energy and manufacturing in the San Antonio and Bexar County area. Read his stories and more local coverage on our free site, mySA.com, and on our subscriber site, ExpressNews.com. | randy.diamond@express-news.net