Southwest to Pull Out of San Francisco
Starting March 5, Southwest Airlines will no longer fly to and from San Francisco International Airport and will instead increase service to Oakland, San Jose and Sacramento, the company announced last week. Customers with tickets to San Francisco can rebook at no extra charge or get refunds, said spokeswoman Ginger Hardage.
The airport handles only 14 of Southwest’s 2,700 daily flights. Still, it means that the airline, which claims more than 50% of the intrastate market in California, won’t fly to one of the state’s signature cities.
In announcing the switch, Southwest CEO Herbert D. Kelleher took a shot at SFO’s reputation for late flights, saying that operating there “produces a disproportionate number of flight delays rippling across our system.”
Southwest currently flies to San Francisco nonstop from only two cities, San Diego and Phoenix. From Los Angeles, it serves the Bay Area via Oakland.
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