Southwest celebrates its inaugural Key West service today with a nationwide Twitter contest, encouraging the airline's more than one million followers to take part in the historic Sunset Celebration, a Key West staple where local street performers, musicians, and artists venture to Mallory Square to perform for thousands of tourists who have made their way to the docks for the sunset. "Key West is a destination our Customers have been eagerly awaiting." "Our arrival in Key West represents one of the true benefits of our integration with AirTran Airways, allowing us to continue to bring low fares and legendary Customer Service to the Florida Keys," said Kevin Krone, Southwest Airlines Vice President Marketing, Sales, and Distribution. With this nonstop service, Key West Customers will have access to Southwest's extensive network with additional connecting service to more than 75 destinations nationwide. In addition to the two daily nonstop flights, Southwest will introduce an entirely new market with daily nonstop service to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport beginning on March 9, 2013. Southwest will take over AirTran's two daily nonstop departures to Orlando International Airport (MCO) and Tampa Bay International Airport (TPA). Southwest attributes its entrance into the market, beginning today, to the roots planted by its wholly-owned subsidiary AirTran Airways. Key West, a popular tourist destination, becomes the eighth city the airline serves in the state of Florida and the 78 th city added to the airline's vast route map. 4, 2012 / PRNewswire/ - Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) is excited to announce that LUV has officially landed at Key West International Airport (EYW), extending the airline's Florida presence to the southernmost point of the country in the Florida Keys. Yet, I remain sure about one thing: the Florida Keys and Key West are a magical place to recharge, de-stress and kick back in the sun.Southwest Adds 78th City to Route Map, Offering Customers Low Fares to Southernmost Point of the United StatesĭALLAS, Nov. But these are at odds with the overt capitalism and mono-cultural mass tourism – things I didn’t really experience when I first visited 10 years ago. The inclusive, community-centric cultural identities of its residents – and their care for the delicate ecosystem they live in – are heartwarming. It’s both more homogenised and diverse than it has the capacity to understand. It’s a geographic and metaphorical full-stop at the end of a country. For me, it’s transitory, but the place also attracts those who never want to move on. Here, one of the many things taken seriously is having fun.Īs with many slower-paced, edge-of-the-world places, there’s a strange sense of otherness about Key West. At one point I even end up a hundred feet in the air, floating behind a powerboat. Over the coming days, as I slow-travel down towards Key West, my final destination, I spend as much time on the water as I do on land, kayaking, sunset-sailing and eco-touring. The warm, clear waters of the Florida Keys are home to large numbers of dolphins, manatees, turtles and all manner of birdlife, such as the characterful pelicans who congregate around the many jetties. The further south I travel, the more land and water intertwine. Curiously, there are many of the same species of marine life here as there are 10,000 miles/16,000km east – like the two are climatic and topographical doppelgängers. Much of it lies perilously just above sea level, and if it weren’t for this characteristic flatness, it could be mistaken for South East Asia. That includes humans, which is why many of the country’s seniors make the Sunshine State their home. Its open, water-world-like landscapes and sub-tropical climate create the ideal conditions for a plethora of life forms seeking a place of safety where they can thrive. I sense the serenity gradually slowing my pulse.įlorida is one of the USA’s most ecologically diverse areas. It’s a surreal and liberating feeling, travelling over land and sea at the same time. But, as I drive out from Miami International Airport onto the Overseas Highway, the land on either side falls away to reveal a wide vista of calm, flat and very blue ocean. It has been a tsunami of a month for personal reasons, and having to navigate the (thankfully now yesteryear) complexities of pandemic-time travel has done my blood pressure no good.
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