Southwest Adds More Flights to 7 Cities from PIT, Drops LAX

Spirit continues to offer daily nonstop service to Los Angeles

By Bob Kerlik

Published August 19, 2019

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Southwest Airlines shook up its schedule over the weekend, adding additional nonstop service to seven cities from Pittsburgh International Airport while cutting service to Los Angeles.

In January, the airline will add more flights to Atlanta, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Chicago Midway, Fort Myers and Tampa. Daily nonstop service to Los Angeles, which had been largely suspended since June in part due to the grounding of MAX 8 aircraft, will not return in January.

Spirit Airlines still offers daily nonstop service to Los Angeles from PIT.

Southwest said in a statement that the PIT-LAX flight will be discontinued effective Jan. 6, 2020. The cuts are part of a broader shakeup of the airline’s network.

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