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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 ...
Lamar Muse was elected president and chief executive officer of the company in Jan. 1971. [3] Muse, a Texas native, was a veteran airline executive, having been employed at five different carriers since starting his industry career in 1948, including being the CEO of Central Airlines and CEO and president of Universal Airlines. [11]
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, [8] including a lone 737-200 Combi which was later traded with ...
Southwest Airlines is planning to reduce service to and from Atlanta next year, cutting more than 300 pilot and flight attendant positions, according to a company memo seen by CNBC.
English: Logo of Southwest Airlines, part of the visual identity launched by the company. ... Official Southwest Airline logo with shadow on the heart. 17:19, 13 ...
Southwest Airlines, the world’s all-time most successful airline, is under siege. The take-no-prisoners activist investor Paul Singer and his Elliott Management firm want to oust the top ...
Southwest Airlines is studying changes to its quirky boarding and seating policies as it searches for ways to raise more revenue. Airline officials say they are studying possible changes but won't ...
Southwest Airlines is a major United States airline. Other similarly named airlines: Air Southwest; Air Southwest (Canada) China Southwest Airlines; Pacific Southwest Airlines; Southwest Airways, U.S. airline later known as Pacific Air Lines; Southwest Air Lines, Japanese airline later known as Japan Transocean Air; South West Aviation (South ...