New Southwest Aiirlines flights will connect Puerto Vallarta and Las Vegas

Southwest Airlines has announced a caller twice-weekly nonstop formation betwixt Puerto Vallarta and Las Vegas starting June 6 adjacent year. 

The way volition run connected Saturdays and Sundays connected a Boeing 737 aircraft, and volition summation capableness by an estimated 1,296 other seats per period betwixt the sunny destinations. 

New passengers from Las Vegas arriving astatine the Puerto Vallarta International Airport adjacent June volition spot an airdrome undergoing extended renovation that volition adhd to its already awesome database of nationalist and planetary airports served. (@diariovallarta/on X)

The caller Las Vegas way adds to Southwest’s existing database of U.S. destinations from Puerto Vallarta, including Denver, Houston, Orange County, Sacramento, Austin, Phoenix and, starting successful March 2026, San Diego.

It besides reflects the Puerto Vallarta International Airport’s expanding work arsenic it undergoes extended improvements scheduled for completion successful 2027. It presently connects the Jalisco authorities larboard and edifice metropolis with 54 national and planetary destinations.  

“In designing our summertime 2026 schedule, we examined manufacture trends and identified locations… wherever we are capable to supply customers much choices erstwhile they’re booking travel,” Adam Decaire, the elder vice president of web readying and web operations power astatine Southwest Airlines, said successful a statement. “Additionally, we’re boosting work successful locations wherever we’ve ever had a beardown beingness to connection customers adjacent much work than ever earlier successful those cities.”

The caller way volition coincide with the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with immoderate of the matches taking spot successful the Jalisco authorities superior of Guadalajara, 295 road kilometers (180 miles) from Puerto Vallarta. Due to its proximity, Puerto Vallarta offers an alternate for travelers looking to harvester attending games with a formation vacation. 

As portion of Southwest’s enlargement plans successful Mexico for adjacent year, the hose volition besides adhd a caller non-stop work betwixt Las Vegas and Cancún connected June 6, with further plans to motorboat caller flights betwixt Las Vegas and Los Cabos. 

With reports from El Universal and Travel and Leisure