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Archive for February 2009

Southwest Airlines 25 Years in Little Rock

Feb 27 2009
Southwest Airlines began service to Little Rock on February 27, 1984. Our 62 Little Rock-based Employees currently operate 13 daily departures to seven cities including Baltimore/Washington, Chicago Midway, Dallas Love Field, Houston Hobby, Las Vegas , and St. Louis with direct and connecting service to 49 additional cities.  We thank our wonderful Employees for delivering positively outrageous... read more

Southwest Airlines CEO Announces Future Service to Boston

Feb 18 2009
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly announced at our Chicago Message to the Field lat night that Southwest Airlines plans to begin service to Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) sometime this fall.  read more

Southwest Airlines Heroes of the Heart

Feb 12 2009
Heroes of the Heart is a spirited event that we celebrate annually around Valentine's Day at Southwest Airlines. Ginger Hardage, Vice President Culture & Communications, explains the LUV behind the event and why it is so special.  Be sure to mouse-over the arrow on the bottom right of the player to watch this video in HD. read more

Southwest Airlines Opens the Information Superskyway

Feb 10 2009
Peanuts, pretzels, Yahoo!? Thats the question for some Southwest Airlines Customers today as the airline tests a potential onboard wi-fi solution. Southwest is the first to test aircraft to satellite technology in commercial service. Southwest Airlines, in conjunction with Row 44, equipped one Southwest aircraft with the technology and is set to equip three additional aircraft by the end of March... read more

Southwest Airlines Adopt-a-Pilot 2009

Feb 03 2009
Maddie Ramirez from Briarhill Middle School in Highland Village, Texas wins the 2009 Adopt-a-Pilot Tie Design Contest.  Southwest Airlines Chairman, President & CEO Gary Kelly and Southwest Captain Bill Stone make a special presentation to the school and to Maddie. Be sure to check out the new "HD" version on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22-FdMW0hcY&fmt=22 read more