Airline adds nonstop flights to Texas, Michigan from region

Southwest Airlines has announced new nonstop service between Sarasota Bradenton International Airport and Dallas Love Field Airport and Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich.    

The airline joins Allegiant in offering a nonstop service to Grand Rapids from Sarasota-Bradenton and American, which has a nonstop flight to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex through Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Southwest’s new nonstop service to both Dallas and Grand Rapids will state June 12, according to a statement, and is scheduled for Saturdays only. Southwest is based in Dallas, at Love Field.