Southwest Airlines Announces New Routes, Prompting Mass Confusion From Passengers Who Forgot They Flew Southwest in the First Place
In a move that has sent shockwaves—and collective shrugs—through the travel industry, Southwest Airlines has unveiled a handful of new routes to destinations including the tropical paradise of “we totally flew here before it was cool” and the bustling metropolis of “wait, we already go there?” The announcement has sparked a unique brand of internet irony, with travelers gleefully pretending to cancel their allegiances to legacy carriers only to realize they’ve been accidentally booking Southwest for years anyway. “I’ve taken 47 flights with them and I still think they’re a budget airline that only flies to Phoenix,” one viral tweet read. The airline’s stock, meanwhile, dipped slightly after it was revealed that the “new” routes were simply just erased from the schedule in 2019 and re-added today. Experts agree: this is the most chaotic energy Southwest has displayed since they stopped serving peanuts.