BNET Industries
Market Cap:$6.7B
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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Travel Roundup: Southwest to Canada, O'Hare Cancellations, Sheraton Dallas Facelift and More
BNET
- 2008-12-23
Southwest wants to fly to Canada -- Southwest Airlines Co. announced Monday it applied to the U.S. Department of Transportation for permission to fly to Canada so it can use its code share agreement with Canadian WestJet Airlines Ltd., but the certificate will also allow Southwest to use its own planes. Southwest...
Company Watch - Southwest Airlines
- 2008-07-14
7/14/2008 Southwest Airlines, the nation's leading low-fare carrier, prides itself on its consistent profits and consistent service. Being consistently late isn't part of the game plan. But Southwest Flight 2709 from Houston to San Diego was the single most delayed flight in the country during May, according to the...
Skepticism surrounds FAA 'customer initiative'
- 2008-05-30
Over the past two months, hundreds of thousands of airline passengers were stranded in airports nationwide as more than 3,500 flights were canceled because carriers failed to perform required maintenance. The mass groundings -- more extensive than any previous airline safety grounding in history -- cost...
eTec Launches the Bridge Power Manager for Electric Ground Support Equipment
- 2008-05-28
ECOtality's eTec Supplies Bridge Power Managers for Southwest Airlines at Oakland International Airport SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation eTec, a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc. (OTCBB: ETLY), a renewable energy company that acquires and commercially advances clean electric technologies and applications, today announced the completion of...
You are now free to worry about your safety
- 2008-05-01
In March, Southwest Airlines was slapped with a record fine from the Federal Aviation Administration FAA for "deliberate violations" of inspection procedures. The $10.2 million penalty came amid a controversy that began when the FAA discovered that Southwest had allowed 46 Boeing 737s to stay in operation from June 18,...
Business travelers cast weary eyes to sky
- 2008-04-21
It's been a bad month for airlines based in the Dallas area. Southwest Airlines of Dallas led off the shenanigans in March. Whistleblowers from the Federal Aviation Administration told members of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that they had been bullied into not reporting safety violations. That testimony...
FAA reassigns inspection chief after testimony
- 2008-04-08
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday reassigned one of its regional managers amid an investigation into growing allegations of ignored safety violations, attempted retribution and coverups within the agency. Thomas Stuckey, an FAA regional chief of inspectors, was given unspecified new duties four days...
Airlines' close relationship with FAA is about to change
- 2008-04-06
WASHINGTON -- The maintenance woes that have plagued the airline industry in recent weeks aren't tied to the run-up in jet fuel prices and economic slump that have been putting the squeeze on airline profit margins, an industry leader says. "No airline in its right mind is going...
Revenge, threats, coddling alleged
- 2008-04-04
WASHINGTON -- In startling disclosures to Congress, federal inspectors overseeing Southwest Airlines say they were repeatedly thwarted by senior government officials from reporting critical problems that compromised the safety of passengers. Federal whistle-blowers, other federal aviation inspectors and the independent investigator for the Department of Transportation...
Progressive Following on Southwest Airlines Co.
- 2008-04-04
M2 PRESSWIRE-4 April 2008-The SI Report: Progressive Following on Southwest Airlines Co.C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04042008 Streetinvesting.com has now resumed our progressive review of Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV) as it fell down $0.10 on below average volume midday trading Thursday, April...
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