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Southwest Airlines Reports Third Quarter Earnings

Oct 21 2010
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ANNOUNCES FARES AND FLIGHTS TO/FROM SOUTH CAROLINA

Oct 20 2010
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ANNOUNCES FARES AND FLIGHTS TO/FROM SOUTH CAROLINA Airline Will Operate Seven Daily Nonstop Flights Each To/From Charleston and Greenville-Spartanburg Airports Beginning March 13, 2011 DALLAS—Oct. 20, 2010— Southwest Airlines is coming to the Palmetto State! Today, Southwest announced it will begin service to/from Charleston International Airport (CHS) and Greenville-... read more

Southwest Airlines and Its Stock Clerks End Mediation and Announce Tentative Agreement

Oct 08 2010
Southwest Airlines and Its Stock Clerks End Mediation and Announce Tentative Agreement DALLAS, Oct 08, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Airlines Division, representing the carrier's Stock Clerks, announced today that the two parties have reached a tentative agreement. The tentative agreement is for a new, five-... read more

Southwest Airlines Celebrates Diversity With North Texas Summit

Oct 07 2010
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES celebrates diversity with NORTH TEXAS summitDallas, TX. Oct 7, 2010 – Southwest Airlines is celebrating workplace diversity by hosting its first Diversity Summit today themed “Join the Conversation.”  The Summit will gather executives from North Texas local Fortune 500 companies to dialogue about diversity and inclusion initiatives, and fostering new opportunities, and expand... read more

Southwest Airlines Reports September Traffic

Oct 07 2010
Southwest Airlines Reports September Traffic DALLAS, Oct 07, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced today that the Company flew 6.1 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in September 2010, a 5.1 percent increase from the 5.8 billion RPMs flown in September 2009. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 4.7 percent to 8.1 billion from the September 2009 level... read more

Gary Kelly Named University of Texas Distinguished Alumnus

Sep 24 2010
Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Southwest Airlines to Receive Distinguished Alumnus Award AUSTIN, Texas – Gary Kelly, Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of Southwest Airlines, will be recognized by the Texas Exes at their Distinguished Alumnus Awards Friday, Oct. 22, in Austin. The award, created in 1958, recognizes annually up to six graduates or former... read more

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES IS SELECTED BY HISPANIC BUSINESS MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE 2010 DIVERSITY ELITE 60

Sep 17 2010
Southwest Airlines Is Selected by Hispanic Business Magazine as One of the 2010 Diversity Elite 60 Southwest is included in the directory of the best companies for Hispanics Hispanic Business Magazine just announced that Southwest Airlines has been selected as one of the 2010 Diversity Elite companies in the United States. The list will be featured in the September issue of Hispanic Business... read more

Southwest Airlines Statement Regarding the TWU 556 Executive Board Vote on the Boeing 737-800

Sep 15 2010
Southwest Airlines Statement Regarding the TWU 556 Executive Board Vote on the Boeing 737-800 DALLAS, Sept 15, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The decision to bring the Boeing 737-800 into the Southwest Airlines fleet moved one step closer today as the Executive Board of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 556, representing more than 9,700 Southwest Flight Attendants unanimously approved a... read more

Boeing Landmark Being Razed

Sep 14 2010
Check out the link above about the razing of Boeing's Plant 2, which is next to Boeing Field.  Mark in our Dispatch Department shared this with me and he tells me that the first 277 Boeing 737s (-100s and -200s) were constructed there. read more

Southwest Airlines Reports August Traffic

Sep 08 2010
Southwest Airlines Reports August Traffic DALLAS, Sept 08, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced today that the Company flew 7.1 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in August 2010, a 6.4 percent increase from the RPMs flown in August 2009. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 3.7 percent to 8.7 billion from the August 2009 level of 8.3 billion. The... read more