Southwest Airlines Co. announced Wednesday it will begin service to Panama City new International Airport next May.

Panama City will be the discount carrier's seventh location in Florida. This is in addition to New York, Boston, Milwaukee and Minneapolis added earlier this year. This expansion continues Southwest eliminates other flights and shrinks capacity overall due to the slump in air travel.

CEO Gary Kelly made reference to the said the expansion to northwest Florida was done in partnership with a land developer, The St. Joe Co. Kelly also said the airline would operate eight daily flights with destinations to be disclosed in December.