I was so excited to hear this news. I used to wish that Southwest would come to Newark so that I could make a flight without waiting an extra day. We travel frequently to Fort Myers. FL from NJ. It's tough to find a non-stop flight and due to my job in a school, I cannot leave early ever before a holiday weekend to have time to drive 90 minutes to Philly. Continental's flights that are nonstop leave too early in the day for me to get to Newark, 45 minutes away or by train to the plane which takes about 90 minutes from where I live in Monmouth county. Then I have to park and get to the terminal and wonder how long the security line will be. I just found flights that work for me in November out of Atlantic City (since they added another flight per day to their route) but it's almost 90 minutes to get there and then the parking deal, although I was thrilled I can go nonstop and make the flight time. Going to Kennedy or LaGuardia is a nightmare with traffic and would take at least 90 minutes.
A non-stop flight out of Newark to Ft.Myers leaving around 6 pm would be great!!!! Leaving Ft. Myers around 7 or 8 pm nonstop to Newark would be a dream!!!! Maximum time on my vacation! We flew Southwest once out of Philly in the summer when I could be flexible with my time and the airline was GREAT! I am hoping that my Easter vacation in April will have me on a nonstop flight from Newark to Ft. Myers and back!
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