Honor Flight Cleveland

By: Ana Schwager - Nashville Marketing Manager

I had the pleasure of joining Team CLE recently as we boarded a very special group of Customers. Honor Flight is a non-profit organization created to honor America's Veterans for all their sacrifices, and Southwest Airlines has the privilege of being the airline of choice for the Honor Flight Cleveland Veterans. The third Wednesday of each month these Veterans board flight 2065 from Cleveland to Baltimore/Washington and spend the day in Washington, DC visiting their memorials. Then, as quickly as the one-hour flight took them to DC, the last flight from BWI to CLE brings them home. This Wednesday was extra special as it marked the one-year anniversary of the flight. The festivities included a special pre-flight ceremony in which Honor Flight Cleveland and Southwest Airlines received proclamations from Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson's office and, as the Veterans taxied to the runway, they were sent off with a special water arch shot from the Cleveland Fire Department's water cannons. I can't thank Team CLE enough for allowing me to be part and this special day and I'd like to thank everyone in CLE who provides that Positively Outrageous Service that is Southwest Airlines. Team CLE, I know the volunteers from Honor Flight can't thank you enough for helping make this day so special for our Veterans. If you would like to find out more about Honor Flight Cleveland, please visit www.honorflightcleveland.com.

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Honor Flight Cleveland was written on Jul 21,2008 at 09:23am and posted in the categories Airports and Southwest Culture

Southwest Leadership Pays Tribute to Colleen

By: Christi Day - Public Relations Coordinator

Some of the great Leaders at Southwest shared their thoughts about Colleen in this tribute video.  It was created as part of an event held recently in Dallas to honor Colleen and Herb Kelleher and raise money for the Frontiers of Flight Museum.  After having the honor of coordinating this video shoot, it became so evident that we probably could've put together a few hours of footage! There were so many great memories of Colleen!  Thanks to all who participated and thanks Colleen for providing such great "content!" Enjoy!

 

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Southwest Leadership Pays Tribute to Colleen was written on Jul 14,2008 at 02:20pm and posted in the categories Southwest Culture

Serenading Colleen

By: Bob Hurst - Senior Analyst Technology

You never know what's going to happen when our Culture Committee Members from all 64 cities get together for their Quarterly Meeting.

At our June meeting, Wayne Campbell, a Manager at our San Jose Provisioning Base, decided to serenade Colleen because it was her last such meeting as President of Southwest.

As always, he did a great job!

 

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Serenading Colleen was written on Jul 14,2008 at 09:47am and posted in the categories Nutty stuff and Southwest Culture and Working at Southwest

Southwest Airlines Travel Tips

By: Christi Day - Public Relations Coordinator

We worked with the comedy group, Curtis Needs a Ride (www.curtisneedsaride.com), to show travel tips that will help you get through security safely and swiftly. Special thanks to www.digitalshakedown.com and www.doubleapictures.com for your awesomeness behind the camera!

Enjoy, and please share your own travel tips below! 

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Southwest Airlines Travel Tips was written on Jul 08,2008 at 05:02pm and posted in the categories Nutty stuff

Dallas Love Field Time Lapse Video

By: Christi Day - Public Relations Coordinator

Our star video blogger, Bob Hurst, created this awesome time-lapsed video of our home base here at Dallas Love Field Airport - we're fast, but obviously not this fast! 

As you can see from the video, everyday is an operational ballet of sorts at Southwest; with each task precisely choreographed to ensure that safety and speediness go hand in hand.  Thanks Bob for creating such interesting footage!  

Oh and by the way, Paula parks her car at approximately the 2:26 minute mark...Brian, where are you?

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Dallas Love Field Time Lapse Video was written on Jun 30,2008 at 04:34pm and posted in the categories Airports