DALLAS -
Southwest Airlines continues to spread its wings.
It has announced plans to fly to Wichita, Kan., replacing the service currently operated by its AirTran Airways unit.
Starting June 2, Southwest will fly to Wichita from Chicago, Dallas and Las Vegas, replacing service currently provided through AirTran.
Southwest will also begin flights between Houston's Hobby Airport and New York's LaGuardia; Chicago's Midway Airport and Tulsa, Okla.; and between San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
The Dallas-based carrier announced the changes as its released flight schedules for Southwest and AirTran through next Aug.
AirTran, which Southwest expects to fully absorb in the next few years, will start flights between Tampa, Fla., and both Houston and Raleigh-Durham, N.C., on June 2.
Southwest is the nation's fourth-biggest airline by passenger miles flown.
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