Southwest Airlines adds non stop flights from Myrtle Beach to 10 different cities, for as low as $69

By: Alana DeRose

Southwest Airlines announced today that it will service to and from South Carolina's Myrtle Beach International Airport from 10 different cities starting May 23, 2021.

Myrtle Beach is home to nearly 100 golf courses, giving the city the title of being the "Golf Capitol of the World". "So the carrier is offering a 'golf bags fly free' promotion so that passengers can transport their golf bags and one of two pieces of checked baggage.", Travel Pulse states.

"For Myrtle Beach, we know the arrival of our two bags fly free—with a golf bag able to count as one of those—will encourage visitors to fly Southwest instead of drive, and consider a quicker trip with us and our value propositions of ‘bags fly free’, ‘golf bags fly free’, low fares, and flexible policies.", Southwest Airlines' Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Watterson stated.

Also, for a limited time, Southwest Airlines is offering one-way trips to Myrtle Beach from either, Nashville, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Columbus, Indianapolis, Kansas City and St. Louis, for as little as $69.

However, tickets must be purchased by April 1 for travel between May 23 and August 16, 2021.

Southwest will also be adding on additional routes through Austin Texas and some more non-stop routes this summer.

According to Watterson,"We continue to tailor our schedule with added flights to address closer-in demand for leisure destinations while making foundational additions to our map that position our network for the future,".

The inclusion of Myrtle Beach will be Southwest's third airport in South Carolina, offering customers around the country quicker access to the golf city.

Southwest will be connecting Myrtle Beach to more than 50 other cities for the summer of 2021, but not all non stop services function every day of the week, so people who want to fly should check the airline's website for itineraries available on their desired date.

Also, Southwest will be including non stop service to Austin Texas from Sacramento CA, Burbank CA, Orange County CA, Miami, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City and Fort Walton Beach FL. "Southwest customers can find one-way fares as low as $99 when they purchase tickets by March 26 for travel from May 23, through August 16, 2021; except that eligible dates for travel between Austin and Sacramento run May 9 through August 16, 2021.", Travel Pulse stated.

“During the last decade, Southwest has served the most nonstop destinations from Austin each year based on DOT published schedules. In March 2021, more than 70 percent of our Austin customers got where they’re going with a nonstop journey on Southwest Airlines. With our new service scheduled to begin in June 2021, our number of destinations available nonstop from Austin is more than double the offering of any other carrier,” Watterson stated.

"We're so pleased to share our Heart with them in time to bring visitors this summer."