Nuts About Southwest

Featured Picture:  legal_close.jpg The airline industry is tough. 9 ... read more

On March 13, 2006, I joined AirTran Airways as an analyst in the Network Planning Department, or to be more specific, I joined AirTran Airways as the only analyst in a Network Planning Department that consisted of three people.  We described our staffing as “lean” (of course, at times it felt more like “anorexic” would be a better description), but for a self-described airline ne 29 ... read more

It’s a wonderful day at Southwest and our subsidiary, AirTran!  Today marks the first in a series of new International routes that AirTran will be starting over the next couple of months.  Brand new nonstop service between Denver and Cancun, Mexico, takes to the sky today with the scheduled 10:40 a.m. departure of AirTran flight 74, which will arrive Cancun at 3:25 p.m. 43 ... read more

Say what?  I suspect that’s a question that came to mind when our Members opened their e-mail Monday and found that we are offering 5,000 Rapid Rewards Bonus Points on select AirTran International flights.  I was surprised when I learned of the promotion because in the 13+ years I have worked in Rapid Rewards, read more

Featured Picture:  certificate1.jpg Today’s an enormously significant day in Southwest history, though not for reasons seen by the naked eye.  ... read more