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Archive for December 2010

Southwest Airlines Named Best Low-Cost Airline in North America

By: Michelle Agnew magnew

Dec 30 2010
Business Traveler Magazine recently released their 2010 Best in Business Travel Awards revealing the public’s choice for the world’s best airlines, hotels, and more!  More than 8,000 experienced Business Traveler subscribers were chosen at random to answer a series of questions, ultimately ranking Southwest Airlines as the best low-cost carrier in North America—way to go, Southwest! VP Senior... read more

Inside the Southwest Weather Center -- Podcast

By: Caleb Fox cfox

Dec 29 2010
I have always been fascinated by weather, especially growing up in Texas and going to college in Oklahoma...weather just tends to happen there.  With all of the crazy weather sweeping across the country this time of year and causing all sorts of problems for travelers, we thought it would be a great idea to sit down and talk with Southwest's Chief Meteorologist, Rick Curtis, to get an inside... read more

Winter Weather Update

By: Christi McNeill cday

Dec 27 2010
If you were dreaming of a white Christmas, you were certainly in luck if you were traveling to or lived on the east coast this weekend.   The northeast portion of the country was pummeled by Snowmageddon 2010.  When Mother Nature hands us a storm of this size and proportion, we do our best to predict what the weather will do, anticipate staffing needs, and get our aircraft positioned so that we... read more

Flashback Fridays: Tales of Airline Christmases Past

By: Brian Lusk blusk

Dec 24 2010
Hi everyone.  I am posting this on Christmas Eve, and I hope that you will allow me some personal reflection in this edition.  During the 58 years I have been on this planet, I have been associated with the airline industry in all 58 of those years either through Dad’s employment with Continental or my own almost 35 years of airline employment at Delta and for the last 15+ years, Southwest. ... read more

EarlyBird—More Than Just a Better Boarding Position

By: Laurel Moffat lmoffat

Dec 24 2010
Southwest Airlines relies on a dedicated group of local Employees in every city we serve who evaluate and respond to each request for a charitable donation that comes from the community. These “Local Giving Boards” allow local Employees to decide how Southwest can be the hometown carrier when it comes to charitable giving in their communities.  Southwest Airlines focuses our resources primarily... read more

Southwest Airlines: Giving in a Time of Crisis

By: Casey Welch cwelch

Dec 23 2010
Southwest Airlines relies on a dedicated group of local Employees in every city we serve who evaluate and respond to each request for a charitable donation that comes from the community. These “Local Giving Boards” allow local Employees to decide how Southwest can be the hometown carrier when it comes to charitable giving in their communities.  Southwest Airlines focuses our resources primarily... read more

Holiday Traditions

By: Whitney Eichinger weichinger

Dec 23 2010
I’m a sucker for holiday traditions.  I love to hear all about what other families do at the holidays. I love to cook and love to eat, so each story gives me a new idea to add to my own holiday menu. Earlier this month, I was attending a work function, and the subject of holiday traditions came up. I was surrounded by folks from places in Texas further south than my East Texas upbringing, and... read more

Southwest Airlines Supports Youth Leadership

By: Casey Welch cwelch

Dec 23 2010
  Southwest Airlines maintains a dedicated group of local Employees in every city we serve who evaluate and respond to each request for a charitable donation that comes from the community. Southwest Airlines focuses its resources primarily on five areas of charitable giving: the Military and it Families, Families Facing Serious Illness, Youth Leadership and Community Involvement, the... read more

They Did It!

By: Caleb Fox cfox

Dec 22 2010
Last week I brought you remarks from Gary Kelly, our Chairman, President, and CEO from the Williams Trophy Presentation in Washington DC.   In part two of this series we present remarks from Vice President Operations Coordination Center Jeff Martin who was tasked with leading the efforts of training our Pilots and retrofitting our aircraft for Required Navigational Performance, or RNP, the... read more

Southwest Airlines and a Special Journey For John

By: Casey Welch cwelch

Dec 22 2010
Southwest Airlines relies on a dedicated group of local Employees in every city we serve who evaluate and respond to each request for a charitable donation that comes from the community. These “Local Giving Boards” allow local Employees to decide how Southwest can be the hometown carrier when it comes to charitable giving in their communities.  Southwest Airlines focuses our resources primarily... read more