Southwest Airlines announced today it will start flying from Denver to Portland and Indianapolis.
The new Denver-Portland and Denver-Indianapolis flights will start June 4. Southwest will fly two daily roundtrips on each route and is offering $138 roundtrip fares with a 14-day advance purchase for travel through Oct. 30.
Southwest is also adding another daily flight to its Denver-Las Vegas route starting June 4. On Aug. 23, Southwest will add another daily flight to its Denver—San Antonio route.
“Denver has been and will remain a focus city for us,” said Southwest chief executive Gary Kelly in a written statement. Southwest operates 61 daily nonstop flight from Denver and has about 150 employees here.
Kelly Yamanouchi: 303-954-1488 or kyamanouchi@denverpost.com
