Showing posts with label Southwest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Southwest. Show all posts

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Southwest Airlines Posts Slight Rise in May Traffic - Analyst Blog

Southwest Airlines Posts Slight Rise in May Traffic - Analyst Blog
Dallas, TX-based Southwest Airlines Co. ( LUV ) posted a nominal rise in traffic for May 2014. The month's traffic - measured in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) - came in at 9.40 billion, up 0.6% from 9.35 billion recorded in the comparable period a ...
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Southwest Airlines makes e-boarding passes available across the country
I wrote a blog post yesterday that the Dallas-based airline let passengers use mobile boarding passes at 30 U.S. airports and would “soon” expand the service to all 90 Southwest markets. Today, Southwest said that happened: E-boarding passes are now ...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013

Southwest Airlines launches fall fare sale

Southwest Airlines launches fall fare sale
The rates are the same the airline offered a year ago but significantly higher than Southwest's first sale of this kind during the recession in 2009, when one-way fares were $ 30, $ 60 and $ 90 one way. The cheapest flights from Phoenix are for short hops ...
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Southwest Airlines hit with second 0000 fine over fare ads
Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Brandy King acknowledged that “the audio portion of the TV advertisement incorrectly stated three cities that were never intended to be a part of the $ 59 sale … As soon as we became aware of our mistake, we pulled all ...
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Southwest Airlines announces fares out of Love Field
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines on Monday unveiled its flight plans for Love Field after the Wright Amendment ends in October, offering $ 99 one-way fares on nonstop flights to cities like New York and Los Angeles for flights booked this week. “The ability ...
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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Why Southwest Airlines (LUV) Stock Is Down Today

Why Southwest Airlines (LUV) Stock Is Down Today
"We rate SOUTHWEST AIRLINES (LUV) a BUY. This is based on the convergence of positive investment measures, which should help this stock outperform the majority of stocks that we rate. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its ...
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Southwest Airlines says its presence in Northeast Ohio stable at both Akron ...
Fliers out of Akron-Canton Airport will be more likely than ever to take a Southwest Airlines jet, as the carrier proceeds with its conversion of AirTran Airways planes to the Southwest livery. (Akron-Canton Airport). Print · Alison Grant, The Plain ...
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Southwest Airlines to end service to three cities today
Southwest Airlines Co. doesn't often leave a city. But on Saturday, it'll end service to three — Jackson, Miss.; Key West, Fla.; and Branson, Mo. The Dallas-based carrier announced Dec. 5 that it was pulling out of those three cities because of ...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Union leaders say Southwest Airlines employee morale is low, want new contracts

Union leaders say Southwest Airlines employee morale is low, want new contracts
Ten union leaders at Southwest Airlines have sent a letter to chairman and CEO Gary Kelly telling him that employee morale at the Dallas carrier is the worst it's ever been and that action is needed to restore the “magic.” Kelly's response: He thinks ...
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The Secret to Southwest's Success
Every time I fly Southwest Airlines I come away impressed by what they do and how they do it. You don't have to be a management guru to understand that the company offers insight into one of the toughest corporate challenges out there: maintaining ...
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Southwest Airlines near bottom, American near top in April on-time numbers
Southwest by itself tied with ExpressJet Airlines for the worst on-time record, with 74.2 percent of flights arriving on time or within 14 minute of schedule. Combined with merger partner AirTran Airways and its 84.6 percent record, Southwest escapes ...
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Southwest aircraft hits parked JetBlue plane at Boston airport
(CNN) -- A Southwest Airlines plane moving on the ground collided with a JetBlue plane parked at another gate at Boston Logan International Airport Monday morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. There were no injuries to Southwest ...
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