Compare this year's Birthday Celebration to our first birthday, held 37 years ago in 1972. 

For more than a decade now, we have been officially celebrating the birth of our Company with an annual Birthday Bash in Dallas and this year was no exception. 

With our 38th anniversary last week, I dug out this interview for Red Belly Radio that I have been saving.

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With our 38th anniversary last week, I dug out this interview for Red Belly Radio that I have been saving. Bob Phillips was on our very first flight from Dallas some 38 years ago and he asks a simple question about cows and how they stand up.

As most of you know, last week, we celebrated our 38th Birthday on June 18.  We had several big public and Employee events, starting with our annual Awards Banquet, to celebrate this milestone, and in a post later today, we will show you this year's Birthday Bash.  There is no question that we currently are in a very difficult time for our industry.  However, for our Original Employees, ou

Today is Southwest's 38th Birthday, and to celebrate the occasion, our CEO, Gary Kelly, accompanied by other Southwest Employees, rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange this morning.