Southwest will sublease two United Airlines gates, bringing the total number of gates under Southwest control to 18 of the airport's 20 gates. Virgin America has the remaining two gates at Love Field.
The new destinations include Seattle, Memphis and Milwaukee. The other six haven't been released yet.
"Customer demand for our new, convenient long-haul nonstop service from Love Field has been even stronger than we anticipated and we are excited now to have the opportunity to offer more flights to more cities from Dallas," said Bob Jordan, Southwest's executive vice president and COO.
Details on the number of flights and fares will be announced soon.
Southwest already has a 90 percent market share at Love Field's existing operations, according to Love Field flight statistics.
Southwest added 15 nonstop flights at Love Field in 2015 as the Wright Amendment restrictions were lifted. For 35 years, the Wright Amendment limited flights out of Love Field to adjacent states.
The restrictions ended Oct. 13. Most recently, flights were launched to San Francisco and Oakland.
Southwest had 4.4 million passengers pass through Love Field in 2014. Traffic in December alone was up 36 percent for Southwest in December, thanks to the long-haul flights.
United carried about 81,000 travelers at Love Field in 2014, according to airport statistics.
(Nicholas Sakelaris - Dallas Business Journal)
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