WARWICK – Southwest Airlines, the most popular carrier at T.F. Green Airport, will establish direct service to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington D.C. in early November.
Southwest carries more passengers than any other carrier at Green. It will establish two departures daily from Green to Reagan, beginning Nov. 6.
The early flight will leave at 6:15 a.m. and arrive at 7:55 a.m., said Patti Goldstein, a spokeswoman for the R.I. Airport Corp. An evening flight will depart from Green at 5:25 p.m. and arrive at 6:55 p.m.
Southwest, a discount fare carrier, is observing its 20th anniversary serving Rhode Island this month.
It now provides direct routes to Chicago via Chicago Midway International Airport, Baltimore and Washington via Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, and three cities in Florida: Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa.
The service to Reagan, which is in Arlington, Va., adjacent to Washington, will complement existing flights to BWI in Baltimore, according to Goldstein.
along with seasonal nonstop flights to Ft. Myers and West Palm Beach