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Southwest adds a Seattle flight
Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, June 28, 2007
Story appeared in SacBee BUSINESS section, Page D3


Southwest Airlines announced Wednesday that it will add a flight to Seattle from Sacramento International Airport on Nov. 4, bringing the number of Southwest flights between the two cities to five.

The new flight will leave Sacramento daily at 9:55 a.m., arriving in Seattle at 11:50 a.m. The return flight leaves Seattle at 5:10 p.m., reaching Sacramento at 6:55 p.m.

The new flights will bring the total number of daily flights that Southwest operates out of Sacramento International Airport to 85.


Frontier:

By Bob Shallit - Bee Columnist
Published 12:00 am PDT Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Story appeared in BUSINESS section, Page D1

Escape route: Frontier Airlines may expand its service between Sacramento and Los Cabos, Mexico.

The airline has three weekly flights between the two cities, on aircraft that hold 132 passengers.

Daily flights -- on 76-seat regional jets, operated for Frontier by Republic Airlines -- would start Oct. 24 if applications with U.S. and Mexican authorities are approved, says Frontier spokesman Joe Hodas.

The new flights would mean 136 more seats each week and greater flexibility for travelers.

Mexicana Airlines, which started serving the Sacramento-Cabo route with four weekly flights in 2004, also has had success in that market, says airport spokeswoman Cheryl Marcell.

What is it that attracts so many Sacramentans to the Baja resort area?

For one thing, it has a California feel, Marcell says. Another reason is proximity. "You can get there in a couple of hours and make a weekend of it," she says.

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