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It's an unnerving time to be in the commercial aviation business. McGhee Tyson Airport is feeling more turbulence than a white-knuckle passenger landing at Downtown Island in a crosswind. Two flights forward, one flight back. McGhee Tyson has landed low-
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Southwest Airlines added Atlanta to its growing national route map on Sunday, bringing its open seating and free checked bags policy to the world's busiest airport after years of eyeing the area. The Dallas-based discount airline launched 15 daily flight
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In this Feb. 9, 2012 photo, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 waits to take off at Chicago's Midway Airport as another lands. If you're buying an airline ticket soon, get ready to pay a few bucks more. According to fare trackers, JetBlue Airways and... View Photo »
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We have open seating, we have orderly boarding and in droves, people are coming to Southwest Airlines for those reasons.
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A new study for Forbes magazine shows that the brand both men and women desire the most is Dallas based Southwest Airlines. It’s unusual for both genders to think the same about a certain product or company. UT Arlington Assistant P
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Major airlines all hike fares, led by discount providers like Southwest and JetBlue
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JetBlue and Southwest Airlines kicked off this latest round of fare hikes, raising prices by as much as $10 on many round-trip flights. And, quick as you can say, “turn off all electronic devices,” United, Delta, American and U.S. Airways followed the le
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After JetBlue Airways increased the base fares of its tickets earlier this week, several other carriers followed suit, raising prices by $10 a ticket. Type in your comments below Name (appears on your post) You are currently logged in as. Not? Name (ap
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AirTran fight attendants Cherry Butter, left, Elizabeth Dunlap, second from left, and Ashley McLaughlin joke with a customer service agent shooting their picture against a Southwest Airlines sign after it was unveiled at a gate in preparation for... View Photo »
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Southwest Airlines continues its commitment to use innovation to provide the highest level of customer and employee safety
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Neuromarketing firm Buyology is out with their updated list of most desirable brands in the U.S. The list has some expected names and a few surprises: Unlike neuromarketing firms that use brain scans (EEG, fMRI) and/or biometrics, Buyology uses a tecniqu
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JUDY WOODRUFF: And to the analysis of Shields and Gerson. That is syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson. David Brooks is off tonight. Gentlemen, it's very good to have you with us. MARK SHIELDS: Thank you, Judy. M
About Southwest Airlines
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Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) is an American low-cost airline based in Dallas, Texas, with its largest focus city at Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport. It is the largest airline in the United States by number of passengers carried domestically per year (as of December 31, 2007).[dead link] It is also the 6th largest U.S. airline by... Full Article
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Contractors load equipment off the tarmac to get Southwest Airlines ready for Sunday's debut service at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, pictured Wednesday, Feb. 8 , 2012, in Atlanta.
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Southwest Airlines' Danie Crawford, left, and Brian Davis uncover a sign at a gate in preparation for Sunday's debut service for the carrier at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, pictured Wednesday, Feb. 8 , 2012, in Atlanta.
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A contractor installs scales at a Southwest Airlines ticket counter in preparation for Sunday's debut of service at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, pictured Wednesday, Feb. 8 , 2012, in Atlanta.
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AirTran fight attendants Cherry Butter, left, Elizabeth Dunlap, second from left, and Ashley McLaughlin joke with a customer service agent shooting their picture against a Southwest Airlines sign after it was unveiled at a gate in preparation for Sunday's debut service for Southwest...
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A Southwest Airlines plane comes in to land at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seatac, Washington January 19, 2012. The storm has resulted in airport and school closures, car crashes, downed trees and lost power to at least 90,000 households. Overall, some 150,000 homes across...
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A Southwest Airlines plane sits covered in a a thick layer of ice while parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in Seattle. On the heels of heavy snow that fell Wednesday, the Western Washington region was hit with an ice storm Thursday that closed...
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People line up for ticketing at Southwest Airlines at Sacramento International Airport's new Terminal B, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 in Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento International Airport opened a $1 billion terminal Thursday, replacing a structure that is four decades old with a building...
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Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly, right, and Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-TX, walk over to sign a steel beam at the Love Field modernization project construction site in Dallas, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011.
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Holiday travelers, including Donald Occimio of Mesa, Ariz. , dressed as Santa Claus, and his wife Diane check in with customer service agent Angelee Arciniega, right, for their Southwest Airlines flight at the Terminal 4 ticketing area at Sky Harbor International Airport, Wednesday,...
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Counselor to the U.S. Treasury Department Gene Sperling (L), Intel CEO Paul Otellini, and Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly attend a meeting of U.S. President Barack Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness at the International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers Local Union #5 Training...
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Southwest Airlines Chairman of the Board, President & Chief Executive Officer Gary C. Kelly (R) and American Airlines and AMR Corporation Chairman and CEO Gerard J. Arpey answer questions at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference held on the campus of Southern Methodist...
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In this April 6, 2011 photo, a Southwest Airlines aircraft taxies at Philadelphia International Airport, in Philadelphia. By the thinnest of margins, Southwest Airlines Co. said Thursday, April 21, 2011, it made money in the first quarter despite higher fuel prices.
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Southwest Airlines mechanics work near a Boeing 737 on a tarmac in Yuma, Ariz. , on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, after patching a large hole in the jetliner that made an emergency landing in southwestern Arizona last week. The plane has been sitting on the tarmac at a military base in...
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CHICAGO - APRIL 05: A Southwest Airlines passenger jet prepares to land at Midway Airport on April 5, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Southwest Airlines said it has finished inspecting its grounded 737-300 series planes and of the nearly 80 planes five of them have cracks in the aluminum skin.
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LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: A woman sits on a bench as a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 passenger jet pulls in to a gate at Los Angeles International Airport on April 5, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Southwest Airlines said it finished inspecting its grounded 737-300 series...
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LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: The tail of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 passenger jet taxis on the tarmac after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport on April 5, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Southwest Airlines said it finished inspecting its grounded 737-300 series...
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The 5-foot-long fuselage skin section taken from the Southwest Airlines accident aircraft is displayed to the media at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2011. The section of the Boeing 737 fuselage is being examined in Materials Laboratory at...
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A model of a Southwest Airlines plane sits in front of a section of the torn fuselage skin from a Southwest Airlines involved in an incident, Tuesday, April 5, 2011, in Washington.
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A section of the torn fuselage skin from a Southwest Airlines plane incident is seen during a news conference in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2011.
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Passengers disembark a Southwest Airlines 737-300 at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California April 4, 2011. The government will order emergency checks of certain older model Boeing Co 737s for the kind of fatigue cracks that prompted Southwest Airlines Co to cancel hundreds of flights.
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A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737NG plane taxies at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, April 3, 2011. The discount airline canceled 600 flights over the weekend as it checked its older 737-300 planes for fuselage cracks and fatigue after one of its planes...
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A Southwest Airlines plane sits in a remote area of the Yuma International Airport, after the plane had a section of fuselage tear from the plane during a flight on Friday, seen here Monday, April 4, 2011, in Yuma, Ariz. Three more Southwest Airlines jetliners have small, subsurface...
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Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jets line up at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, April 2, 2011. Southwest said it expected to cancel 300 flights scheduled for Saturday to allow inspections of 79 aircraft from its Boeing 737 fleet, after one of its planes...
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A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet takes off at Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois in this July 24, 2008 file photo. Southwest Airlines grounded 81 aircraft from its Boeing 737 fleet for inspection after a gaping hole in the fuselage forced one of its planes to make ...
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An unidentified Southwest Airlines flight 812 passenger, left, is hugged by a loved one after arriving at Sacramento International Airport Friday, April 1, 2011. A fuselage rupture and a sudden drop in cabin pressure forced the flight from Phoenix to Sacramento to make an emergency...
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Contractors load equipment off the tarmac to get Southwest Airlines ready for Sunday's debut service at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, pictured Wednesday, Feb. 8 , 2012, in Atlanta.
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