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Archive for December 2008

Southwest Airlines Offers Two-Day Fare Sale to Las Vegas

Dec 30 2008
DALLAS—Dec. 30, 2008—Southwest Airlines is offering all Customers something to toast this New Year’s Eve! For 48 hours only, Customers will be able to get 50 percent off Southwest’s lowest “Wanna Get Away” fares for roundtrip travel to and from Las Vegas! Las Vegas is the airline’s most popular travel destination, so it’s offering Customers a one-of-a-kind discount. These super low fares are... read more

USA TODAY Looks at Southwest Airlines in 2009

Dec 29 2008
By Dan Reed, USA TODAY DALLAS — Gary Kelly has a standing offer: a steak dinner to anyone who can prove that Southwest Airlines (LUV) does not carry more domestic business travelers than any U.S. carrier. It's a sucker's bet, of course. Southwest Airlines' CEO knows he'll never have to pay up. There's no way to prove him wrong because airlines don't know the purposes of many customers' trips... read more

First Flight Society Honors Southwest Airlines Founder Herbert D. Kelleher

Dec 17 2008
Southwest Airlines’ Chairman Emeritus, Herb Kelleher, was inducted today into the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine in the Wright Brothers National Memorial by the First Flight Society of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.  With the unveiling of Kelleher’s portrait in the event, the First Flight society honored the founder of the nation’s most successful commercial airline. The Paul E. Garber First... read more

Southwest Celebrates 10 Years Of Click’n Save with online contest

Dec 17 2008
Southwest Airlines celebrates the tenth anniversary of the weekly special offers email, Click ‘n Save, with an online contest open to everyone called Click ‘n Celebrate! This online contest will give one lucky winner a Grand Prize trip for themselves and up to nine friends to Denver, Phoenix, Florida, or Chicago.  To make a stylish statement while having a good time, the fabulous group of winners... read more

NYC To Test Southwest Effect

Dec 16 2008
By Jay Boehmer DECEMBER 08, 2008 -- Southwest Airlines' plan to make its New York City debut through the purchase of 14 slots at LaGuardia Airport has spurred corporate travel buyers' hopes that the carrier's presence will lower fares in the biggest U.S. business market. Southwest intends to purchase the slots at LaGuardia, which can accommodate seven daily roundtrips, through a $7.5 million... read more

Southwest Airlines to offer online link to WestJet on Southwest.com

Dec 16 2008
Southwest Airlines today will offer Customers the ability to book flights to Canada on WestJet via a convenient online link to WestJet’s booking portal on www.southwest.com.  The two airlines previously announced they will eventually enter a codeshare partnership that will allow the carriers to offer Customers a seamless travel experience to a wide array of destinations.  While the airlines plan... read more

Southwest Celebrates 30 Years in Amarillo

Dec 12 2008
Today we celebrate our 30th year of operation in Amarillo with gate decorations and complimentary adult beverages to Customers flying to or from the yellow rose of Texas wearing something yellow or “amarillo.” We also are celebrating with a first born baby contest. The family of the first baby born in Amarillo today in one of two hospitals will be awarded four roundtrip tickets to any Southwest... read more

A grown man sends a love letter to Southwest Airlines

Dec 11 2008
A grown man sends a love letter to Southwest Airlines This last week I flew Southwest Airlines and I came to the amazing conclusion after my trip, “I love Southwest Airlines”. For all these years I have been keeping this as my little secret as all my friends have said Southwest can’t be good service as it is one of those “low cost” airlines. Having flown every domestic airline and many... read more

Southwest opens flight schedule through June 26, 2009

Dec 10 2008
Yesterday, Southwest opened our flight schedule from May 9, 2009, through June 26, 2009. In a continuing effort to optimize our flight schedule, we have eliminated 32 existing roundtrip flights from our current schedule and added 19 roundtrip flights for a net reduction of 13 roundtrip flights systemwide.  We will initiate new nonstop service between DEN and TUS with one daily nonstop flight... read more

SWA Receives Award from Homeland Security Secretary

Dec 09 2008
U.S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Michael Chertoff recently presented Southwest Airlines with a special recognition in Washington D.C. for our assistance with the TSA this past year.  The Secretary’s Award for Team DHS Excellence recognizes outstanding team achievements by employees working in a group to advance the mission of the DHS.  The work of the team may have... read more