We noted earlier today that Southwest CEO Gary Kelly repeated what he's been saying recently: The airline won't be growing as fast this year as it traditionally has. But there's good news for local travelers in a news release from Southwest that arrived at midday. The airline will offer two new roundtrip nonstop flights a day between PHL and Denver, starting May 10. The airline also will add daily roundtrips between PHL and both Orlando and Tampa. Southwest said it's adding a total of 40 new flights and eliminating 57 with the March schedule changes -- with none of the cuts at PHL.There's no change in the plans to start new nonstops in March between PHL and St. Louis, Austin and San Antonio. Here's what Kelly told Bloomberg News. about the overall growth plan.
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Southwest (updated post): Slowing but not stopping its growth
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