The Margin: Southwest provides extra flights for the Tremendous Bowl from Philadelphia to Phoenix

The Philadelphia Eagles simply clinched one other Tremendous Bowl bid, their second up to now 5 years.

Followers of “The Birds” could also be seeking to fly west to observe their group compete in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in Tremendous Bowl LVII in Phoenix on Feb. 12, and Southwest LUV, -1.55% is seeking to oblige.

After the Eagles received to make it to the Tremendous Bowl, Southwest introduced extra nonstop flights from the Philadelphia space to Phoenix, in addition to just a few extra flights from Kansas Metropolis to Phoenix. The whole variety of nonstop flights again to these cities after the sport have been additionally elevated, the corporate says.

In line with AAA, costs for flights from Philadelphia to Phoenix between now and the Tremendous Bowl will range from $500 to $1,000, relying on the airline, day of journey and time.

Tickets to attend the sport between the Eagles and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are shaping as much as be costly too. In line with TicketIQ, the common record worth on the secondary market is $9,825, the third highest since 2010.

Costs for each tickets and flights might change within the almost two weeks earlier than the Tremendous Bowl.

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Final month, Southwest had a flight-booking debacle in the course of the peak of vacation journey season when it canceled 1000’s of journeys over points surrounding an antiquated crew-scheduling software program, leaders of unions representing Southwest pilots and flight attendants say. The USA Transportation Division is probing Southwest Airways in wake of its vacation meltdown.

Shares of Southwest Airways Co. are down 0.34% throughout Monday buying and selling. The corporate’s inventory is down 19.31% over the previous yr, in contrast with a 10.57% drop for the S&P 500 SPX, -0.92% over the identical interval.

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