DATE OF DISTRIBUTION: April 14, 2009           FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT

Southwest Airlines Begins Nonstop
Service To Denver
MAY 10, 2009

      Southwest Airlines will begin daily nonstop service from Tucson International Airport (TIA) to Denver, Colorado, on Sunday, May 10, 2009.

      The flight departs Tucson at 11:20 a.m. and arrives in Denver at 2:10 p.m. The flight departs Denver at 1:25 p.m. and arrives in Tucson at 2.25 p.m.

      In addition to the new flight, Southwest Airlines currently offers two daily nonstop roundtrip flights to Albuquerque, two to Chicago Midway, five to Los Angeles, five to Las Vegas, and three to San Diego.

      Southwest Airlines is the number one ranked carrier at Tucson International Airport. In February they carried 33% of the total passenger traffic at TIA, 111,574 passengers.

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Tucson International Airport Route Map Attached