{"id":374666,"date":"2026-02-24T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tempting-southwest-just-revealed-its-new-longest-ever-international-route\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T01:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:00:18","slug":"tempting-southwest-just-revealed-its-new-longest-ever-international-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=374666","title":{"rendered":"Tempting? Southwest Just Revealed Its New Longest-Ever International Route"},"content":{"rendered":"

Southwest’s<\/a><\/span> first commercial service took off more than 54 years ago, in June 1971. It was not until July 2014 that its international debut took place. And yet, in 2026, the sheer scale of the evolving carrier’s<\/a> domestic operation means the international market only accounts for 2% of its total flights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Southwest’s first international flight took off in July 2014, but the carrier will now have a new longest service…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,475,1743,1190,406,15477,645,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-374666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airports","category-costa-rica","category-harry-reid-international-airport","category-routes","category-sf-routes-analysis","category-southwest-airlines","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t