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Southwest Airlines (LUV) is set to add 18 additional departures from Denver, making that their largest expansion in Denver since arriving in early 2006. 

Los Angeles (LAX) will get 5 new flights, San Jose 3 new flights, St. Louis 3 new flights, Philadelphia will get 2 new flights, Raleigh and San Antonio will both get one new flight. 

Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly told a group of employees, “We did promise you lower fares and we did promise you more flights.”

When it starts the latest round of new service in May, Southwest will have 79 daily departures in Denver to 23 cities — a nearly six-fold increase from when it launched in January 2006.

The news that Southwest is expanding in Denver weighed heavy on Frontier Airlines (FRNT) which has seen recent struggles.  The airline noted that their 3^rd quarter results miss targets and would post a wider than expected loss.  Southwest will add flights to every city that Frontier flies too.  Today Frontier posted a 15% loss in stock price. 

Rocky Mountain News