FILE-A traveler walks past a Southwest Airlines airplane as it taxies from a gate at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Southwest Airlines is now offering redeye flights to passengers.
The Dallas-based airline announced that the first redeye flights touched down on Feb. 14.
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Southwest redeye flight routes
Southwest operates five redeye flights on the following routes:
- Las Vegas (LAS) to Baltimore/Washington (BWI)
- Las Vegas (LAS) to Orlando (MCO)
- Los Angeles (LAX) to Baltimore/Washington (BWI)
- Los Angeles (LAX) to Nashville (BNA)
- Phoenix (PHX) to Baltimore/Washington (BWI)
Southwest said in a company release that in the coming months, the airline will continue to scale redeye flying, up to 33 flights per day in June.
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What they’re saying: "While redeye flights will make up a small portion of Southwest’s overall schedule, they bring additional connectivity and more itineraries to transcontinental and Hawaii markets. As an example, Southwest will offer Honolulu (HNL) to Las Vegas (LAS) in April, and this one redeye flight increases the number of itineraries the airline can offer Customers by 50% as they connect to other parts of the network," Southwest said in a statement from a company release.
According to the airline, almost 75% of passengers currently booked on an itinerary that includes a redeye flight are on a connecting flight either before or after the redeye.