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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

Southwest Airline is a Dallas-based airline known for its low-cost, no-frill service and simple fare structure. It is the largest U.S. airline by number of passengers carried domestically per year and the six-largest U.S. airline by revenue. Southwest also maintains the world’s second-largest passenger fleet of aircraft (all Boeing 737s) among commercial airlines. Southwest currently provides service to 64 cities in 32 states.

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Southwest Air CEO: Worst not over for sectormore

Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV) CEO Gary Kelly (pictured) served up a warning along with the airline's third-quarter...

SWA Adds Cash With Loan Dealmore

Southwest this week took out a $332 million loan, closed on an aircraft sale-leaseback deal for $104 million and repaid...

Can Southwest avoid layoffs?more

That's what analyst Jamie Baker of J.P. Morgan is wondering. Here's what he said in a note issued this morning.

Southwest Pilots Consider New Dealmore

The leadership of Southwest’s pilots union will decide early next week whether to ask its members to vote on a proposed...

Southwest Airlines CEO cuts his base paymore

The chief executive of Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) voluntarily cut his 2009 base salary by 10 percent citing the...

David Holmes: Rapping Flight Attendant on Southwest Airlinesmore

HA HA how funny! I think I’m going on this plane next time I travel!!! I would be very satisfied! XD

My First Flight on Southwest Airlines - Lessons in Employee Engagementmore

My recent flight from Los Angeles to Chicago was vastly better than the competition thanks to the people practices of...

Southwest Airlines shares fall as analyst downgrades stock, company su...more

Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. fell Friday as analysts said the carrier's stock price isn't justifiable given...

Southwest Adds Routes In Denvermore

Frontier is close to emerging from bankruptcy and Southwest is adding more service in Denver, setting the stage for a...

The Southwest "mystery" and my somewhat absurd theory.more

First, the mild mystery: Why did Dallas' Southwest Airlines Co. stop its code-share work with Westjet up in Canada,...

“Driving Higher Profitability Through Efficient Revenue Recovery”more

This webinar will share insights from leading airlines that are optimizing their revenue management processes and...

Roundup: Southwest sale starts summer fare war; Virgin America chargin...more

matched the fares on most of the routes flown by Southwest. Are airlines scrambling to fill seats? Read: Southwest...

Southwest Airlines to ground RDU flights to Chicago, Orlando, Philadel...more

Southwest Airlines, the top passenger carrier at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, is cutting four round-trip...

Hiring days over for airlinesmore

Southwest Airlines piled on jobs between 2005 and 2009, increasing its number of employees by more than 14 percent.

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The airline industry's attempts to get a recovery going this spring may have caught the flu. On one hand, the top...

'Do you want fries with that?' Workers pushing extra salesmore

By Theresa Howard, USA TODAY NEW YORK — As every penny counts, businesses are asking front-line workers to step up...

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