The airport of John Wayne in OC got a blast of good news Sunday when Southwest announced it
would start direct service to Cabo San Lucas and Mexico City by the summer on
routes to be flown by its sister carrier, Air Tran. The move came after the
county approved incentives to jump-start Mexico service, a priority since the
new terminal comes with customs and Border Patrol facilities that would have
gone unused. Southwest says it will use its AirTran subsidiary to add
the international routes from two Southwest cities.
Southwest
will begin service to Mexico City and Cabo San Lucas in June. All four proposed
Mexico routes are pending approval from government regulators.