Southwest Airlines

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Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) is an American low-cost airline. Southwest is the largest airline in the world by number of passengers carried per year (as of 2007). Southwest, the 6th largest U.S. airline by revenue, maintains the second-largest passenger fleet of aircraft among all of the world's commercial airlines. As of May 3, 2009, Southwest operates approximately 3,500 flights daily. Southwest is headquartered at 2702 Love Field Drive in the Love Field area of Dallas, Texas, adjacent to Love Field airport.

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Southwest Airlines
The Southwest Airlines wordmark featuring an illustrated 737 aircraft
IATA
WN
ICAO
SWA
Callsign
SOUTHWEST
Founded March 16, 1967 (1967-03-16)
Commenced operations June 18, 1971 (1971-06-18)
AOC # SWAA304A
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer program Rapid Rewards
Subsidiaries AirTran Airways
Fleet size 561
Destinations 72
Company slogan A Symbol of Freedom
Headquarters Dallas, Texas, USA
Key people
Revenue decrease US$ 12.104 billion (2010)[1]
Operating income decrease US$ 988 million (2010)[1]
Net income decrease US$ 459 million (2010)[1]
Total assets increase US$ 15.463 billion (2010)[1]
Total equity increase US$ 6.237 billion (2010)[1]
Website southwest.com
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Southwest Airlines at Raymond James Global Airline Conference - Final
The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and - 18 hours, 41 minutes ago
But to talk more on that and what we have in-store at Southwest over the next few years is Laura Wright, the CFO. LAURA WRIGHT, SVP, FINANCE AND CFO, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.: Well, thank you, and good afternoon to everyone. Unfortunately I've got to ...
06FebSouthwest Airlines faces challenges in AirTran integration - Aspire Aviation (blog) - 21 hours, 23 minutes
Steffy: Fewer airlines add up to fewer bargains - Houston Chronicle - 3 days, 3 hours
Southwest Airlines' AirTran to fly from DIA to Cancun - Denver Business Journal - 3 days, 15 hours
Going Places: AirTran's exit from Westchester County Airport could boost ... - The Journal News | LoHud.com - 2 days, 3 hours
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Avoiding Baggage Fees
New York Times - 15 hours, 38 minutes ago
Others, like Eileen Ogintz, will drive 50 or 100 miles to an airport served by Southwest Airlines or JetBlue. Southwest makes the first two checked bags free, and JetBlue allows the first bag. Mrs. Ogintz was helping her daughter, Melanie, ...


Southwest Airlines to offer football, baseball games via Wi-Fi
Los Angeles Times - 1 day, 15 hours ago
By Hugo Martin Southwest Airlines, the nation's biggest carrier of domestic passengers, doesn't provide its customers with high-tech entertainment systems or in-flight movies, like many of its competitors. But the Dallas-based airline will soon offer ...


Boston to Philly airfares doubling
Boston Globe - 5 hours, 33 minutes ago
By Katie Johnston The lowest regular round-trip nonstop fare will jump to $520 from about $260, according to airline websites. Southwest will discontinue the Boston to Philadelphia route as of Saturday. Southwest has dropped five routes out of ...
Southwest's departure from the Boston-Philly route boosts Hanscom carrier ... - Wicked Local (blog) - 2 days, 22 hours
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Southwest CEO talks fares, fees
Arizona Republic - 2 days, 14 hours ago
4, 2012 01:31 PM Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly has worked for the company for nearly two decades but even he wasn't around when the carrier began flights in Phoenix. It was 1982. Southwest was barely a decade old, and Phoenix was the 16th city on ...
Southwest Airlines Announces New Flights From Denver and Austin to Cancun ... - MarketWatch (press release) - 3 days, 20 hours
AirTran Airways Plans to Serve Cancun from Austin and Denver - Airlines and Destinations - 3 days, 18 hours
New Southwest Airlines plane could bring BWI Airport more long-haul flights - Baltimore Business Journal - 4 days, 13 hours
New Planes and New Seats Making Southwest Feel So Fresh, So Clean for 2012 - Jaunted - 3 days, 19 hours
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Southwest employee dies after accident at Dulles
Washington Post (blog) - 1 week, 3 days ago
By Ashley Halsey III 3:45 pm Update: Southwest Airlines declined to identify the worker “out of respect to the family,” spokeswoman Brandy King said. “On Thursday, Jan. 26, at approximately 7am, a Southwest Employee was involved in a collision between ...
Southwest Airlines employee killed following accident at Dulles airport - msnbc.com - 1 week, 3 days
Airline Worker Dies When Baggage Cart Hits Shuttle - ABC News - 1 week, 3 days
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Southwest Airlines Celebrates 30 Years of Service With Phoenix Sky Harbor ...
MarketWatch (press release) - 4 days, 18 hours ago
2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Southwest Airlines /quotes/zigman/241463/quotes/nls/luv LUV +0.10% celebrates 30 years of service today at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport with a day-long anniversary party in Concourse D to thank the ...


Southwest Airlines will keep flying to 22 AirTran cities, drop 15 others
Washington Post - 2 weeks, 3 days ago
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. said Friday that it would keep flying to 22 cities served by AirTran Airways but end flights to six others — raising the final cut list to 15 AirTran locations — as it combines the two airlines.
Southwest Airlines profit tops estimates - Reuters - 2 weeks, 4 days
Southwest Airlines Quarterly Profit Slides 43% Amid Costlier Jet Fuel - Bloomberg - 2 weeks, 4 days
Southwest to Hold Capacity Flat - Wall Street Journal - 2 weeks, 4 days
Southwest posts $152M 4Q profit on strong traffic - Fox News - 2 weeks, 4 days
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