Southwest Airlines to begin flights from Oakland to Reno-Tahoe

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Oakland International Airport will have flights to two new destinations starting next summer, airport officials announced Tuesday.

Flights on Southwest Airlines planes to the Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada or the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in Missouri begin on June 5, according to airport officials.

Flights to Reno-Tahoe will take 50 minutes and run as low as $49, while tickets to St. Louis for a flight lasting three hours and 40 minutes will start at $149, airport officials said.

Leadership from Oakland International Airport and Southwest joined together at an airport departure gate to make the announcement Tuesday.