cost of flight to new york flying southwest

Southwest Airlines offer cheap flights to New York's LaGuardia Airport, the carrier's first entry into the major market.

The move not only helps Southwest push into one of the country's busiest airports, but it also taps into budget-conscious travelers' desire for low-cost fares during the recession.

The Dallas-based company have eight daily nonstop flights - flying five times to new york LaGuardia from Chicago Midway and three between LaGuardia and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. A one-way ticket price to BWI will run $49, cost of flight to new york from Chicago one-way fare will be $89 if purchased 14 days in advance.

Southwest also provide direct or connecting service from LGA to locations such as Las Vegas, Denver, Seattle, San Diego and lax.
The LaGuardia addition will now put Southwest in the company of low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways Corp., which also services the airport but does not provide Chicago or BWI flights from the hub. JetBlue does however offer flights to the cities from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Prior to LaGuardia, Southwest's closest hub for New York-based travelers was Long Island's Islip Airport.

The carrier, which recently start fly to Minneapolis, has said that it is starting flights at Boston's Logan International Airport in the fall. While Southwest is expanding into some major U.S. markets, the airline has also been cutting unprofitable routes and said it will lower capacity 4 percent this year.