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2011 - Bought by Southwest Airlines, AirTran fleet transferred to Southwest and thereby AirTran becomes an inactive subsidiary; Alaska Airlines. 1986 - Acquired Jet America Airlines; 1986 - Acquired Horizon Air, which continues to operate as a separate airline; 2018 - Acquired Virgin America. The merger made Alaska a dominant U.S. carrier in ...
This is a list of airline holding companies, that either own more than one airline or are the parent company of a single airline.. A company or firm in which the holding company owns a significant portion of voting shares, usually 20–50% or a "minority of share ownership", is known as an associate company.
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 ...
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 ...
On Thursday, Southwest unveiled its plan to course-correct on its own. The company, as expected, said it will begin selling assigned seating in the second half of 2025, including add-ons such as ...
The largest airlines in the world can be measured in several ways. As of 2025, United Airlines was the largest by fleet size and Passenger destinations served; Delta Air Lines was the largest by revenue, assets, market, and brand value; American Airlines Group by passengers carried and employees; FedEx Express by freight tonne-kilometers; Southwest Airlines by routes; and Turkish Airlines by ...
Offloading the fourth 737 in May 1972, making a small gain on sale. This was the origin of Southwest's ten-minute aircraft turnarounds. Southwest originally allocated 25 minutes to turnaround aircraft at airports, per PSA's recommendation. To continue to offer hourly service on Dallas to Houston with three aircraft required 10 minute turnarounds.
One aircraft, an Airbus A321 under registration N578UW, has been left painted in the US Airways livery, as one of American's heritage aircraft. The actual US Airways logo near the front of the fuselage has been replaced with the American Airlines logo, but the rest of the aircraft remains in the US Airways livery.