American, Southwest Airlines Add Flights for the Super Bowl

by Daniel McCarthy January 29, 2024

With the matchup for Super Bowl LVIII set—the Kansas City Chiefs will look to repeat as Super Bowl Champions against the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas—airlines are adding flights for fans headed to the Big Game.

Just hours after the AFC and NFC Championship games wrapped up on Sunday, airlines started adding service for locals heading to Vegas, including one carrier that themed its flight numbers.

American Airlines
American’s additional flights were added shortly after the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship on Sunday.

According to reports, American added flights from Kansas City to Las Vegas on Feb. 9 and Feb. 10, both leaving at 12:30 p.m. local time. American also added flights from Vegas back to Kansas City on Feb. 12 and 13.

American is also leaning into one of the Super Bowl’s most popular storylines. The outbound flight from Kansas City is flight number 1989, the year that Taylor Swift was born and the name of one of her studio albums. The return flight is flight number 87, the number of Chief’s star Travis Kelce.

American, in a statement to the Associated Press on Sunday night, was not shy about the theming, either.

“You could say that after tonight’s games, we are in our football era, and we are thrilled to provide additional direct flights from Kansas City to Las Vegas,” American’s statement to the Associated Press said. “To our customers who are huge sports fans, look what you made us do.”

Southwest Airlines
Southwest is adding flights to Vegas from Kansas City, San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose ahead of Feb. 11, along with return flights the Monday after.

The Southwest schedule to Las Vegas is:

From Kansas City: four nonstops on Feb. 8, three nonstops on Feb. 9, and one more on Feb. 10.
From San Francisco: three nonstops on Feb. 8, one on Feb. 9, and one on Feb. 10.
From Oakland: 10 nonstops on Feb. 8, one on Feb. 9, and seven on Feb. 10.
From San Jose: 10 nonstops on Feb. 8, one on Feb. 9, and one on Feb. 10.

The return schedule from Las Vegas on Feb. 12 and 13 is:

To Kansas City: four nonstops on Feb. 12 and another four on Feb. 13.
To San Francisco: 1 on Feb. 12 and 3 on Feb. 13.
To Oakland: 1 on Feb. 12 and another 8 on Feb. 13.
To San Jose: 1 on Feb. 12 and another 8 on Feb. 13.

All the Southwest flights are not available for booking.