Southwest adding Des Moines - Las Vegas route!

[Buster28]

Beginning September 29th, Southwest will have a daily flight to Vegas. Finally, another connecting city besides Chicago! Woohoo!

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/...s-coming-to-des-moines/article?nclick_check=1

 

[wxman1]

That is huge imo

 

[JP4CY]

That is huge imo

TWSS

But yes, it'll be nice to have this option. It will also keep Allegiant honest on their prices too.

 

[CyinCo]

The downside of the Allegiant flight was it typically departed Vegas early in the morning. I'd rather have a later departure and still have some usable time in Vegas on my last day.

 

[DesertClone1]

Hell YES!

 

[ripvdub]

Well be interested to see how much they are in comparison to Allegiant.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

Is there not a DSM to DEN flight? That should give you a lot of connections...

 

[JP4CY]

The downside of the Allegiant flight was it typically departed Vegas early in the morning. I'd rather have a later departure and still have some usable time in Vegas on my last day.

Yeah, I've had to deal with that before too.
I basically just stay up all night then and hope to get some sleep on the ride back home.

 

[wxman1]

Is there not a DSM to DEN flight? That should give you a lot of connections...

The only current flight is twice daily to MDW

 

[CyDude16]

[video=youtube;JjbxLk5URwA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjbxLk5URwA[/video]

 

[cytech]

The downside of the Allegiant flight was it typically departed Vegas early in the morning. I'd rather have a later departure and still have some usable time in Vegas on my last day.

I am flying Allegiant on April 1st out of CR I arrive at 10pm, then I leave at 2 pm on my last day so it pretty much wastes 2 days for me.

 

[CysRage]

This is a huge accomplishment for Central Iowa! Southwest said all along that their route from DSM to Chicago Midway was on a "trial basis" meaning that we needed to show we would use Southwest or else they wouldn't expand or maybe even lose Southwest all together. So happy to see Southwest expanding again in Des Moines in less than a year!

 

[NickTheGreat]

:yes::yes::yes:

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

The only current flight is twice daily to MDW

I know that is Southwest, but there are no other flights west?

 

[CysRage]

I know that is Southwest, but there are no other flights west?

I know Allegiant has seasonal service to LAX and US Airways has service to Phoenix and United has service to Denver but otherwise there isn't much out of Des Moines that goes west.

 

[chuckd4735]

Is there not a DSM to DEN flight? That should give you a lot of connections...

Denver and Dallas are 2 connections that Southwest hopefully can get to Des Moines soon.

 

[brianhos]

Is there not a DSM to DEN flight? That should give you a lot of connections...

A direct flight even on a crappy airline like Allegiant is so much nicer.

 

[Ciclone]

Well be interested to see how much they are in comparison to Allegiant.

Their release says:

One daily nonstop flight between Des Moines and Las Vegas (as low as $125 one-way)

Southwest Airlines And Airtran Airways Announce New Markets In October Flight Schedule - Southwest Airlines Newsroom

 

[Triggermv]

I know Allegiant has seasonal service to LAX and US Airways has service to Phoenix and United has service to Denver but otherwise there isn't much out of Des Moines that goes west.

Don't forget Frontier to Denver. That is a Denver flight by a Discount airline, which is always crucial to have in order to keep prices down. Frontier's wheelhouse is to move you out West.

 

[CysRage]

Don't forget Frontier to Denver. That is a Denver flight by a Discount airline, which is always crucial to have in order to keep prices down. Frontier's wheelhouse is to move you out West.

Yes I forgot Frontier to Denver as well! I'm hoping Southwest in the near future adds more nonstops to LAX, Dallas, Orlando, and somewhere in between so maybe Nashville. I really do think this is just the beginning to Southwest's expansion into Des Moines.