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Southwest Airlines began revenue flights on June 18, 1971, using three Boeing 737-200 aircraft, and operated the type exclusively during the airline's early history. These aircraft were not originally ordered by Southwest, but rather were delivery slots taken over from Air California, Aloha Airlines, and Pacific Southwest Airlines, [11] including a lone 737-200 Combi which was later traded ...
Southwest Airlines was founded in 1966 by Herbert Kelleher and Rollin King, and incorporated as Air Southwest Co. in 1967.Three other airlines (Braniff, Trans-Texas Airways, and Continental Airlines) took legal action to try to prevent the company from its planned strategy of undercutting their prices by flying only within Texas and thus being exempt from regulation by the federal Civil ...
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A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 with blended wingtips departing Denver, CO. On March 12, 2008, Southwest Airlines voluntarily grounded 44 aircraft to check if they needed further inspection. The FAA claimed that Southwest Airlines flew almost 60,000 flights without fuselage inspections taking place.
Seacoast Airlines: SEA-COASTER United States K5 SQH SeaPort Airlines: SASQUATCH United States Former airline: Wings of Alaska now part of SeaPort Airlines. Alternative callsign: WINGS (for VFR flights only). Former ICAO code: WAK. SCE Scenic Airlines: SCENIC United States SCF Socofer: SOCOFER Angola SCI Servicios Aéreos San Cristóbal: SAN ...
AirTran Airways was a low-cost airline in the United States that operated from 1993 until it was acquired by Southwest Airlines May 2nd, 2011.. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, AirTran Airways was established in 1993 as Conquest Sun Airlines by the management of two small airlines, Destination Sun Airways and Conquest Airlines, with Conquest Airlines co-founder Victor Rivas being heavily ...
Morris Air was a low-fare airline in the western United States, based in Salt Lake City, Utah.It began scheduled operations in 1992, [2] [3] [4] and was sold to Southwest Airlines in December 1993 for over $120 million in stock.
At the time of the Air West merger, Pacific's fleet included 11 Fairchild F-27s, five Martin 4-0-4s, [16] and three Boeing 727-100s, one of which was still leased out, but returned to Air West in late 1968. [22] The last of the Martins were not carried forward into the Air West fleet and were disposed of in August 1968. [16] [41]