The long-awaited announcement from Texas-based Southwest Airlines has finally come (Feb 27, 2019). They have cleared all the FAA hurdles and they are now approved to fly to Hawaii.
Southwest has opened up the booking for the flights to Hawaii on March 4. Their initial offering is 4/4/4 but rapidly expanding. Southwest has announced that they will be initially flying from 4 cities to 4 airports on 4 different islands. The direct flights will be from 4 cities in California. The outbound flights will be leaving from Oakland (OAK), San Diego (SAN), San Jose (SJC), and Sacramento (SMF). Southwest will be flying to Kauai, Oahu, Maui and the big island listed as
