Additional Non-Stop flights from The Bay Area to Austin

Southwest begins the first ever nonstop Oakland - Austin, Texas Service on Saturday. The early morning daily departure has a scheduled 3 hour 15 minute fly time.

Earlier this month, JetBlue launched new service from San Francisco to Austin.

Southwest Grounds 38 Boeing 737's for Review

The Airline is reporting irregular operations and grounded aircraft after a review of maintenance records led it to question whether required testing had been done on some of the Boeing 737 aircraft. As of Wednesday afternoon, Southwest reported 4% of scheduled flights had been cancelled Nationwide, including from Oakland Airport.
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