BNET Industries

Market Cap:$8.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$9.9B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
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
Peer Companies
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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Southwest Airlines Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions We’ll take our first question from Duane Pfennigwerth with Raymond James. Duane Pfennigwerth - Raymond James Good morning. Just in terms of the revenue comparisons in the fourth quarter, at least on the numbers that we have, it seems like October was a pretty...
Southwest Airlines Reports 3Q Financials Results
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-16 October 2008-Southwest Airlines Reports 3Q Financials ResultsC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Southwest Airlines this week announced its third quarter results. In a release, the company stated: - It reported its 70th consecutive quarterly operating profit. - After special charges totaling $247 million...
Airline Finance News - North America
Oct 13, 2008 U.S. carriers are going deeper than expected, according to OAG, and 33 airports around the country are expected to lose commercial service altogether. "The scale of the decline in the U.S. market is worse than the previous schedule analysis showed, with airlines taking 265,000 flights out...
Southwest Airlines reports traffic figures for September
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) has reported its traffic figures for September 2008. The airline recorded a decrease of 5.9% from September 2007 in revenue passenger miles, while available seat miles increased by 0.8% resulting in a drop in load factor of 4.5 percentage...
April traffic announced by Southwest Airlines
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Traffic figures for the month of April 2008 have been announced by US carrier Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV). The airline said that during April 2008 it flew 6.3bn revenue passenger miles RPMs, showing an increase of 5.7% as compared to the 5.9bn...
NewMarket China, Inc. Earns Newcomer Recognition on Dallas Top Public Company Rankings That Include ExxonMobil, EDS, Southwest Airlines and Texas Instruments
NewMarket China, Inc. (OTCBB: NMCH) today announced that the Company has been named one of the Top 200 Public Companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth DFW Metroplex by the Dallas Business Journal. Additionally, NewMarket China was featured as one of 11 newcomers to the annual list, along with Comerica, Metro PCS...
Airline Finance News - North America
Apr 7, 2008 Aloha Airgroup, a closely held Hawaiian airline that filed for bankruptcy protection, ended service April 1 when it couldn't find a buyer or financing to stay in business. ATA Airlines, a Midwest carrier based in Indianapolis, shut down the following day when it sought bankruptcy protection,...
Company Watch - Southwest Airlines
Feb 11, 2008 Carriers recruit retired pilots back to the cockpit. The ongoing pilot shortage is pushing carriers to recruit retired pilots who are younger than the new mandatory retirement age of 65. Southwest Airlines is among the carriers hoping to bring older pilots back into the workforce. "There...
Airline Finance News - North America
Feb 11, 2008 More carriers post strong January load factor, traffic data. Northwest Airlines said its January load factor increased from 77.9% a year ago to 79.3% last month. The airline also reported that January traffic increased 2.9% from year-ago levels. JetBlue Airways and Midwest Air Group also posted...
Airline Finance News - North America
Jan 28, 2008 Airline executives see no sign of slowing economy. Airline executives say they are having a difficult time boosting fares to cover the soaring costs of jet fuel. Still, many executives say they see no sign of a recession in the U.S. economy. Some airlines have scaled...
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