Southwest will offer nonstop service to Silicon Valley later in the year

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Southwest N222WN 737-7H4Southwest Airlines will offer nonstop service to and from Baltimore-Washington International Airport and San Jose International Airport.

Southwest also added service between San Jose and Salt Lake City.

It will be the nearest nonstop service to San Jose for Delaware travelers who now have connecting service from Philadelphia International Airport and Baltimore

Southwest will offer one daily flight to the airport that serves the Silicon Valley. Baltimore-Washington will be the first airport in the D.C. area to offer non-stop service to San Jose.

Southwest is expected to face stronger competition on the West Coast with the planned merger of Virgin America and Alaska Airlines. Both carriers have a sizable presence in the nation’s most populous state.

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“SJC has done an outstanding job of adding new routes from the heart of Silicon Valley. Southwest Airlines’ expansion from San Jose to Baltimore/Washington and Salt Lake City indicates their confidence that SJC will remain the airport of choice for Silicon Valley business and leisure travelers,” said San José Mayor Sam Liccardo. “I thank CEO Gary Kelly and his management team for their investments in San José.”

“Two new nonstop routes here in San Jose, a city we’ve served since 1993, typifies the kind of difference we aim to make in connecting many of our long-time markets with time-saving service,” said Andrew Watterson, Southwest’s senior vice president of Network and Revenue, speaking at a news conference at Mineta San Jose International Airport. “We carry more people both to-and-from California every day—as well as within the Golden State–than anyone else with a value that no one else can even approach.”

With new nonstop service to Baltimore/Washington and Salt Lake City, Southwest Airlines will offer 76 peak daily departures from SJC to 15 cities. Southwest also flies from SJC to Austin, Burbank, Chicago/Midway, Dallas/Love Field, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles/LAX, Ontario, Orange County/Santa Ana, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego and Seattle.

“Southwest Airlines has been Silicon Valley airport’s long-time partner since 1993, and with new service to Salt Lake City and Baltimore/Washington, one of the top two requested domestic destinations by business travelers, will now serve 15 US cities,” said Director of Aviation Kim Becker. “We are pleased that Southwest, which serves the largest volume of travelers at SJC, continues to offer more destinations and convenient times that are important to our mutual customers.”

Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) is Silicon Valley’s airport, a self-supporting enterprise owned and operated by the City of San José. SJC served 9.8 million passengers in  2015, a 4.4 percent increase year-over-year. SJC offers approximately 165 peak daily departures on 13 domestic and international carriers to 37 nonstop destinations.

Southwest is expected to face stronger competition on the West Coast with the planned merger of Virgin America and Alaska Airlines. Both carriers have a sizable presence in the nation’s most populous state.

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