{"id":402956,"date":"2026-09-17T22:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T22:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402956\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T22:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T22:42:07","slug":"southwest-adds-six-hour-florida-to-california-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402956\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest adds six-hour Florida to California route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Airlines will launch nonstop flights between Fort Lauderdale and San Diego on November 21, operating five times weekly. The 6.5-hour westbound leg uses 737 MAX 8 aircraft. Alaska and JetBlue also serve this corridor, with JetBlue offering premium Mint cabins.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest\u2019s new service, WN2843, departs Fort Lauderdale at 10:50 AM and arrives in San Diego at 1:25 PM local time, taking 6 hours 35 minutes. The return flight, WN3056, leaves San Diego at 9:25 AM and lands in Fort Lauderdale at 5:10 PM after 5 hours 45 minutes. All flights use Boeing 737 MAX 8s without premium seating.<\/p>\n<p>JetBlue begins daily A321 flights on November 19, including Mint business class. Alaska Airlines resumes seasonal daily service on November 21 using 737s. Southwest ranks tenth by departure volume at San Diego, while Fort Lauderdale sees 704 monthly departures from the carrier, mostly medium-haul routes.<\/p>\n<p>Why it matters<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-[1.05rem] leading-[1.75]\">Travelers gain a no-frills, daytime cross-country option without overnight red-eyes. Competition from JetBlue\u2019s premium cabins may pressure Southwest on comfort, especially for business travelers seeking lie-flat seats on long domestic legs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Southwest Airlines will launch nonstop flights between Fort Lauderdale and San Diego on November 21, operating five times&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-402956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}