Dozens of airlines rush to cash Super Bowl bonanza

Almost all the U.S. airlines are adding dozens of new flights – and even a few temporary routes – to capitalize on demand for flights to Super Bowl XLIX in suburban Phoenix.

Various airlines including American, Delta, United, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue and Southwest all have added to their Phoenix schedules around the big game slated on Sunday, Feb. 1. Most of the extra flights come on routes connecting Phoenix to Seattle and Boston – the home markets of Super Bowl XLIX participants Seahawks and Patriots. Most extra flights have been scheduled for Friday, Jan. 30, and Monday, Feb. 2 — though flights have been also added on other days around the Super Bowl.

United is adding 55 extra flights to Phoenix for the Super Bowl. Among them will be two new routes (Seattle-Phoenix and Boston-Phoenix) that United will fly temporarily around the game. United said it’s bolstering its existing Phoenix flight schedules by adding flights from Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark and San Francisco. United also will switch to bigger aircraft — some as big as wide-body Boeing 767.
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