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Market Cap:$8.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$9.9B
- Public
- US
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Southwest Airlines was incorporated in Texas and commenced Customer Service on June 18, 1971, with three Boeing 737 aircraft serving three Texas cities - Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. Today, Southwest operates more than 500 Boeing 737 aircraft between 64 cities. Southwest topped the monthly domestic originating passenger rankings for the first time in May 2003. Yearend results for 2007 marked Southwest?s 35th consecutive year of profitability. Southwest became a major airline in 1989 when it exceeded the billion-dollar revenue mark. Southwest is the United States? most successful low-fare, high frequency, point-to-point carrier. Southwest operates more than 3,300 flights a day coast to coast, making it the largest U.S. carrier based on domestic departures.
Number of Employees 35,000
Contact Information
2702 Love Field Dr
PO Box 36611
Dallas, Texas 75235-1908
(214) 792-4000
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NAICS Code Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation: 481111
Recent Events
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Southwest to fly out of P.C. to Baltimore, Orlando, Houston and Nashville
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Southwest Airlines November Traffic rises 11.7%, Load Factor climbs
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Southwest Airlines Declares 133rd Consecutive Quarterly Dividend
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Concur's Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2009 Results Exceed Expectations
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Southwest, TDC inks pact in Dallas
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Blackstone Group buys Southwest Airlines shares
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Blackstone Group buys Southwest Airlines shares
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US Airways, Southwest take different odds on Las Vegas flights
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Trying to Understand Airline Executive Compensation
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Southwest Launches New Fare Sale
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Southwest Airlines Green Plane
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Southwest launches BWI-to-Milwaukee service
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Southwest pilots ratify contract
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American exec named Lambert airport director
News & Analysis
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Airlines pass higher fuel costs to passengers
- 2008-05-23
Just in time for summer travel, airlines are getting socked with billions of dollars in higher fuel prices - and passengers will see all kinds of fees added to the cost of flying. A day after American Airlines said it would begin charging $15 for the first bag checked starting...
Southwest to end Phila.-Calif. runs
- 2007-06-28
Southwest Airlines Co. will stop flying nonstop between Philadelphia and California this fall and tweak its schedule elsewhere to boost profit at a time when fuel costs are rising and the economy is slowing, chief executive officer Gary C. Kelly said yesterday.But the airline expects many of the schedule changes...
Southwest gets the credit for hike in air passengers
- 2007-03-26
More than a decade ago, federal regulators adopted the term "the Southwest effect" to describe the way air fares plunged and passenger traffic soared each time Southwest Airlines started flying to a new city. Today, there's no better example of the phenomenon than what's happened at Philadelphia International Airport since...
Southwest Airlines to post new routes
- 2007-01-18
Southwest Airlines plans to announce as soon as this spring new routes from Philadelphia International Airport, using five additional departure gates in Terminal E that it expects to have by Oct. 15, chief executive officer Gary C. Kelly said yesterday. But Southwest service here also will shrink a bit after...
A Delta deal could add Europe trips
- 2006-11-16
If US Airways succeeds in acquiring rival Delta Air Lines, Philadelphia International Airport could get additional flights to Europe while also helping Southwest Airlines add domestic flights in a year or two. The merger proposal comes after US Airways Group Inc. has spent much of its energy, and more than...
Business news in brief
- 2006-10-18
IN THE REGION Last documents signed for Girard block lease deal Trinity Capital Advisors L.L.C., a Conshohocken real estate firm, signed final documents yesterday to lease the Girard block in Center City for 75 years, for which it will pay $90 million to the Girard Estate. The pending deal was...
Southwest adds flights to Columbus, Nashville from Phila.
- 2006-04-19
Southwest Airlines is increasing its service from Philadelphia International Airport, adding nonstop flights to Columbus, Ohio, and Nashville, Tenn., on July 2, the airline announced today. Southwest, the airport's second-largest carrier in passengers after US Airways, said it would start three round-trip flights a day to Columbus, and two...
Business travel
- 2006-03-21
New service: Starting June 1, US Airways launches service from Philadelphia to Portland, Ore. using 150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. Code sharing: ATA Airlines now shares code with Southwest Airlines out of New York's LaGuardia, Washington-Reagan, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Chicago Midway airports. New hotel: The Hampton Inn & Suites...
Airport traffic surging
- 2006-03-02
Philadelphia International Airport set records in 2005 for number of passengers and for takeoffs and landings, but the high-water mark for travelers will be hard to top this year, city aviation officials said yesterday. With 31.5 million passengers getting on or off planes, the airport ranked 25th-busiest in the...
Phila. airport set passenger and takeoff-landing records
- 2006-03-01
Philadelphia International Airport set records in 2005 for number of passengers and for takeoffs and landings, but the high-water mark for travelers will be hard to top this year, city aviation officials said today. With 31.5 million passengers getting on or off planes, the airport ranked 25th-busiest in the...
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