Weekend Inaugural Festivities Culminate With Airport Celebration

NEW YORK, June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines today celebrated the airline's new service at LaGuardia with its 'New Service, New Attitude, New York' themed celebration. Southwest Customers and Employees dined on New York style bagels while being serenaded by Southwest's rapping flight attendant, David Holmes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivjybzdXVmI . Southwest Airlines' Senior Vice President of Operations Greg Wells joined the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's Director of Aviation William R. DeCota in a morning news conference at LaGuardia to launch the airline's new service. Click Southwest Airlines to see the full LaGuardia schedule or to book a flight to or from New York City.

'Southwest Airlines is celebrating a truly momentous occasion today. Finally New York travelers can experience our unmatched record in Customer Service and our phenomenally low fares at an airport close to where they work and play,' said Wells. 'Additionally, Customers in both Chicago and the DC area now have a new low fare choice when planning trips into LaGuardia.'

Southwest Airlines is now serving New York City travelers from LaGuardia with eight daily nonstop flights--five daily nonstops to Chicago Midway and three daily nonstop flights to Baltimore/Washington. In addition to the eight daily nonstop flights, Southwest Airlines will offer direct or connecting service to more than 45 destinations from New York City, including: Las Vegas, Denver, Los Angeles, Seattle, and San Diego, just to name a few. To view all of Southwest's destinations from LaGuardia visit www.southwest.com . Southwest Airlines operates from Gate B4 in LaGuardia's Central Terminal Building.