BNET Industries
Market Cap:$6.9B
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 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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12 money-saving tips for renting a car
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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
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Southwest settles lawsuit over safety issues
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Southwest Airlines October Traffic Edges Up - Update
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United may soon be feeling heat in Denver
News & Analysis
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Southwest Airlines to implement priority security lanes
- 2008-10-02
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) has announced plans to introduce priority security lane access at select airports later this month. The priority lanes, branded "Fly By", will be available for use by Southwest's Business Select and Rapid Reward A-List customers. The lanes will...
Security Shortlines
- 2008-09-22
Biometric Security Test at BWI The TSA and Southwest Airlines are testing a new biometric scanning system for airline crews at Baltimore/Washington International. SecureScreen uses fingerprinting or similar proof of identity to positively identify airline pilots. More than 200 Southwest pilots based at BWI will use...
TSA tests SecureScreen project on Southwest Airlines pilots
- 2008-09-18
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A pilot from Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) will be the first aircrew member to be screened by the US Transportation Security Administration TSA using an advanced biometric screening system. The demonstration project, which has TSA approval, is called SecureScreen. It uses biometrics for...
Southwest Airlines Co Adds Flights.
- 2007-06-29
M2 PRESSWIRE-29 June 2007-investorIM: Southwest Airlines Co Adds FlightsC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29062007 InvestorIM has been created as a tool for the average investor. The idea is simple, a website where the world can communicate. Do you have a stock related...
Southwest Airlines Co.: Airlines Paint Dim Growth Picture.
- 2007-06-14
M2 PRESSWIRE-14 June 2007-InvestorInstantMessaging: Southwest Airlines Co.: Airlines Paint Dim Growth PictureC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14062007 InvestorIM has been created as a tool for the average investor. The idea is simple, a website where the world can communicate. Do you have...
Southwest Airlines Co. Sees Airlines Slump.
- 2007-06-05
M2 PRESSWIRE-5 June 2007-InvestorInstantMessaging: Southwest Airlines Co. Sees Airlines SlumpC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05062007 InvestorIM has been created as a tool for the average investor. The idea is simple, a website where the world can communicate. Do you have a stock...
Plane follows its nose into Oakland
- 2007-06-04
OAKLAND -- A Southwest Airlines flight en route to San Diego made an emergency landing at the Oakland International Airport on Sunday, closing the main runway after the jet's front landing gear collapsed. The plane landed at about 3:30 p.m. after it experienced problems with the landing...
No one injured in emergency landing
- 2007-06-04
OAKLAND - A Southwest Airlines flight en route to San Diego made an emergency landing at the Oakland International Airport on Sunday, closing the main runway after the jet's front landing gear collapsed. The plane landed at about 3:30 p.m. after it experienced problems with the landing gear....
Southwest Airlines Co. Downgraded.
- 2007-04-23
M2 PRESSWIRE-23 April 2007-investorIM: Southwest Airlines Co. DowngradedC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:23042007 InvestorIM has been created as a tool for the average investor. The idea is simple, a website where the world can communicate. Do you have a stock related question,...
Union eyes state's skycaps
- 2007-03-27
At the Southwest Airlines ticket counter at Oakland International Airport on Friday, it was business as usual, except for a small delegation of chanting, purple-shirted labor activists and contracted service workers demanding to speak with someone -- anyone -- in airline management. One Southwest manager promptly scurried...
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