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BUSINESS BRIEFING / AIRLINES

TIMES WIRE REPORTS

Southwest Airlines Co. said it would set up shop at New York’s LaGuardia Airport in June, the carrier’s first entry into the major market.

The Dallas company will have eight daily nonstop flights -- five between LaGuardia and Chicago Midway and three between LaGuardia and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

Southwest will also provide direct or connecting service from New York to locations such as Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Seattle and San Diego.

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