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40 Years Of LUV

Announcing Los Cabos in 2017

Southwest Airlines has long been part of the San Diego community - 40 years to be exact . We ’ ve been serving San Diego International Airport since 1982 with a mission to provide San Diego with affordable and relevant air service . We started out with six daily departures to Phoenix and have grown exponentially ever since .

Now , we are California ’ s largest carrier , have over 500 San Diego-based employees , and operate 114 departures to 30 destinations . Having a mainstay in San Diego , which was our seventeenth destination ,
SWA Team Members at the San Diego Zoo in 1982
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