Southwest Airlines

In the late 1960s, Herb Kelleher and Rollin King sat down and drew a simple triangle on a napkin. The triangle represented the cities of Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, the three locales which were to be the foundation of travel for a new airline within the state of Texas. Before too long, Southwest Airlines was up and flying and hasn't looked back, becoming one of the United States' most successful airlines in history.

Since those first fateful years, Southwest has expanded greatly, flying to over 60 cities across the nation, operating over 500 Boeing 737 jets, employing over 30,000 people, and consistently being profitable due to its low-cost model and fuel hedging practices that are envied by other airlines in the industry.

Southwest Airlines also offers a business travel unit known as SWABIZ and its own blog, "Nuts About Southwest."

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• Is there a place to buy discounted tickets for southwest airlines? What are all the discount sites for airfare

  
  Free and Discount offers — Authority: 133
  Mr & Mrs G asked: Orbitz, expedia, priceline, and travelocity don’t list southwest airlines. I am trying to find the cheapest flight from Baltimore to Reno. It doesn’t havet o be southwest, but they allow 2 free checked bags. What are other discount airfare sites?
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• Southwest Airlines Touts Panama City Addition

  
  Panama City Beach Information, News, Real Estate, Tourism — Authority: 134
  Proud of their latest destination portfolio addition, Southwest Airlines included Panama City as one of their top stories in their first edition In A Nutshell email newsletter.  “Grab your beach ball, it’s on!” the first sentence says.  Other announcements in the newsletter include a Bags Fly Free Video ...
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• Gary Kelly joins board of financial firm

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 556
  Southwest Airlines chairman, president and CEO Gary Kelly has been elected to the board of directors for Lincoln National Corp., a Philadelphia area company. Hell find a familiar face there. The chairman of Lincoln National , William H. Cunningham, has sat on the Southwest Airlines board of directors since 2006. ...
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• Southwest Airlines flies in with $50,000 donation to the Denver Rescue Mission for Thanksgiving Turkeys

  
  PlaneTalking.com — Authority: 144
  In response to a call for help feeding Denvers poor and homeless population during the holidays and beyond, Southwest Airlines today announced a $50,000 donation to the Denver Rescue Mission, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing food, shelter, clothing, and rehabilitation services to the estimated 11,000 ...
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• Southwest Airlines and Kidds Kids

  
  Nuts About Southwest - — Authority: 415
  Southwest Airlines and the Kidd Kraddick Morning Show give some deserving kids a sendoff to a trip of a lifetime.
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• Southwest Introduces New Green Plane to Fleet

  
  Hole In The Donut Travels — Authority: 463
  Southwest Airlines has always been one of my favorite carriers, a position which was recently reinforced when they refused to charge the onerous $100 checked luggage fee being levied by other airlines. My confidence in Southwest escalated another notch today when I learned a “green plane” is being added to their ...
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• World Usability Day Shoutout To 25 Firms

  
  Customer Experience Matters — Authority: 415
  In honor of World Usability Day (WUD) 2009 , I’m publishing a second post today. As part of our annual Customer Experience Rankings , we get consumers to answer several questions about their experiences with companies. One of those questions is “ How easy is it to work with this firm? “ For our analysis, we ...
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• So You Want to be a Southwest Airlines Intern?

  
  Extraordinary Observations — Authority: 510
  My personal website must have pretty decent SEO - because in the past year, Ive received about two dozen emails from aspiring Southwest Airlines interns looking to draw on my experience in search of their own dream internship. In the past two weeks alone a few new emails have already started rolling in... ( ...
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• Southwest Airlines honours WWII Veterans

  
  PlaneTalking.com — Authority: 144
  Southwest Airlines saluted 23 World War II (WWII) Veterans with a patriotic sendoff to the nations capital from Los Angeles International Airport.
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• Is the Proposed NMB Rule Change Wright or Wrong?

  
  Swelblog / Swelbar on Airlines — Authority: 103
  I had made up my mind that I was not going to write anything more on National Mediation Board activities, at least until after the scheduled public hearing on December 7 in Washington. Isn’t it interesting that the date for the hearing is synonymous with Pearl Harbor Day?  I digress. I have heard from many people ...
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• Low cost carriers own 30% of domestic airline biz, growing fast

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 661
  Filed under: Southwest Airlines (LUV) , US Airways Group (LCC) , UAL Corp (UAUA) , JetBlue Airways (JBLU) , Delta Air Lines (DAL) For years, its been evident that smaller airlines have had an operating advantage, particularly when they use less expensive airports. Theyve been able to post better numbers as a ...
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• New Pub Ups The Ante For ‘Best Workplaces’

  
  Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine — Authority: 550
  Competition is good. It keeps you on your toes; it forces you to do better. The Dallas Business Journal might be thinking about this today, after yesterday’s Dallas Morning News debuted a new annual magazine called Top 100 Places To Work 2009 . The inaugural, 44-page DMN product ranked local companies based ...
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• What’s going on with the airlines’ dress codes?

  
  Consumer Traveler — Authority: 143
  Armando Alvarezs first class upgrade was revoked by a United Airlines gate agent, because the gate agent said he was dressed too casually to sit in first class. Ned Levi explores airlines dress codes.
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• Minimum-wage pilots? Here’s one way of looking at flight deck salaries

  
  elliott.org — Authority: 575
  The average cockpit wage cost per average passenger fare per hour of flight is just $3.73 -- almost half the minimum wage -- according to analysis by Robert Herbst of the Web site Airlinefinancials.com.
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• Weekly Parenting News Roundup

  
  Mother Talkers — Authority: 140
  Cross-posted at Daily Kos . Good morning fellow moms, dads and caregivers! How are you this morning? I am about to run errands in preparation for Aris birthday party. He turned 6 on Monday, but we are celebrating with our closest family and friends today. In the meantime, here is some news we discussed here ...
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• Southwest Airlines Coupon

  
  Coupons Dealuxe - The Best Deals and Coupons... Cha-Ching! — Authority: 150
  Book a vacation package with flight + hotel stay of 3 nights or more to any destination and you will save $100 when you use this Southwest Airlines coupon !
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• The True Cost of Air Travel

  
  Single Minded Women — Authority: 137
  How much are you really paying for your airline ticket? Airlines today are becoming tyrannical about details, and some are downright petty with regard to additional charges to the consumer. So how do you know what’s legitimate? And, how can you save on your next flight? Travel agent Jody Yetti offers her input on ...
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• Award Recipients for the Inaugural GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 156
  A GREAT big thank you to everyone who attended the Inaugural GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising presented by Ogilvy and Southwest Airlines in New York City on October 27, 2009! Over 350 professionals from the advertising industry attended the event that recognize and honor outstanding images of the lesbian, gay, ...
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• Southwest Airlines says load factor jumps nearly 9 points in October

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 556
  Southwest Airlines said its traffic, load factors and unit revenues were up and its capacity was down in October. The Dallas-based carrier said its traffic increased 1.9 percent last month compared to October 2008, with a 9.4 percent decline in capacity, With more passenger traffic and fewer seats offered, Southwest ...
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• The Future of Milwaukee’s Airport

  
  Urban Milwaukee — Authority: 124
  For General Mitchell International Airport and the citizens of the Milwaukee-area, 2009 will certainly be a year to remember.  Discussions came and went on the privatization of the airport as a means to bailout the poor fiscal position of Milwaukee County.  Hometown airline Midwest Airlines changed hands for a ...
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