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WHY NO SOUTHWEST TO HAWAII?

By: Bill Owen bowen

Apr 04 2008
See below for April 10 update  Everyone at Southwest Airlines was saddened by the sudden termination of service by our codeshare partner, ATA Airlines. Setting aside the business relationship for just a second, we appreciate the hard work of our colleagues at ATA, and wish them nothing but the best in the future. However, I thought I should post a quick blog about a question that's come up MANY... read more

Congressional Hearings

By: Brian Lusk blusk

Apr 03 2008
Southwest Airlines will be providing testimony to today's (Thursday, April 3) hearing of the House of Representatives' Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and our Executive Chairman, Herb Kelleher, and CEO Gary Kelly are scheduled to testify.  The hearing begins at 9:oo a.m. Central Time and can be viewed at the Committee's web site.  You can also access our press release by clicking... read more

Institutional Investor Magazine Honors our CEO and CFO

By: Paula Berg pberg

Apr 02 2008
Institutional Investor Magazine recently conducted surveys to identify America's Best CEOs and CFOs for 2008. The results told us what we already knew: Gary Kelly topped the list as the #1 CEO in the airline sector, and Laura Wright took top honors as the #1 CFO in the airline sector. Most of you know Gary, but for those of you that don't know Laura, allow me to introduce you. As CFO for... read more

No Fools, Just Fun!

By: Christi McNeill cday

Apr 01 2008
I love holidays. I love pranks. Mix the two and you get an amazing April Fool's Day. I thought about posting something outrageous such as ”Southwest to Begin Serving Inflight Meals” or ”CEO Gary Kelly Joins the Cast of Celebrity Apprentice.” Then I thought....nothing could be more fun than playing a prank on my own department. I enlisted the help of our extremely talented Graphic Design and... read more

The ABC's of Southwest Airlines' Corporate Community Affairs Team

By: Kim Delevett kdelevett

Mar 31 2008
I recently attended my first Corporate Community Relations Consortium meeting in San Jose, where corporate community relations/affairs professionals network and share benchmarks.  I left the meeting feeling a sense of pride for what these committed colleagues (representing Fortune 500 companies such as Yahoo, Intel, eBay, HP, Cisco Systems, and Adobe to name a few) collectively contribute back,... read more

James Bond and the DC-3

By: Brian Lusk blusk

Mar 28 2008
Okay, the only relation this post has to Southwest Airlines is that it is about aviation and I am writing it.  However, as a big James Bond fan and a even bigger fan of the Douglas DC-3--I took my first airplane ride on one in 1954, I had to share this post that I found on the Flight International blog.  It looks like the next Bond film is going to feature this venerable airliner. See ya at the... read more

Extreme Makeover Volunteers

By: Whitney Eichinger weichinger

Mar 27 2008
A couple of weeks ago a few Southwest Employees in the New Orleans area had the rare chance to participate in the filming for Extreme Makeover Home Edition!  As many of you know, Southwest is a long time sponsor of the show, and we even had the opportunity to incorporate a few airplane rooms into some of the previous episodes. This particular event involved one of our aircraft and the scene was... read more

Weigh to Go!

By: Carole Adams cadams

Mar 26 2008
 I woke up with my subconscious screaming, "Stop the insanity!"  On the day before the Super Bowl, I dined with friends at one of those restaurants serving continuous meats on a sword and endless salads, lobster bisque, vegetables...   It was truly the Last Supper!  Still feeling stuffed, my mind wandered back to the beginning of my career when we had Weight Check.  My maximum weight in 1984 was... read more

The Pooch Parade

By: Christi McNeill cday

Mar 24 2008
I came across this blog post today about the Dallas Pooch Parade.  The dogs were paraded through Lee Park in Dallas on Easter Sunday.  There were three categories to compete in: small dogs, large dogs, and dog-owner look alikes.  Pictured below is the winner of the "large dog" division....a bulldog dressed as a Southwest Airlines classic plane.  Click here for the full story from the Dallas... read more

Monday Morning Magic

By: Christi McNeill cday

Mar 24 2008
Southwest Airlines: Tribute to Sparky For those of you having trouble kickin' off the work week, we've compiled a couple of our favorite Southwest videos that are floating around on the Internet to inspire you. The first one was created by a brilliant Southwest Customer (not the brilliantly talented Bob Hurst). Enjoy!! read more