query: who started southwest airlines?

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: History of Southwest Airlines Since its inception in 1967 and its early years when it was prevented from operating, Southwest Airlines has grown to be one of the largest airlines in the United States. Southwest Airlines began with the March 15, 1967, incorporation of "Air Southwest Co." by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher to fly within the state of Texas. Kelleher asserted that by staying within Texas, price controls and market regulations imposed by the federal Civil Aeronautics Board would not apply, and the airline could undercut competitors' prices. Three airlines (Braniff, Trans-Texas Airways and Continental Airlines) started legal action

title: Southwest Airlines

text: The airline has scheduled services to 99 destinations in the United States and ten additional countries. Service to four destinations in Hawaii is coming in late 2018 or early 2019 subject to FAA approval, with routes to be decided on and announced in the near future. In 1966 Southwest Airlines was founded by Herbert Kelleher and Rollin King, and in 1967 it was incorporated as Air Southwest Co. It was not until 1971 that the airline began scheduled flights from Dallas Love Field. The same year the organization adopted the name Southwest Airlines Co. The expansion of flights started in

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: Airlines founder Herb Kelleher studied California-based Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) and used many of PSA's ideas to form the corporate culture at Southwest. Early flights used the same "Long Legs And Short Nights" theme for stewardesses on board typical Southwest Airlines flights. A committee including the same person who had selected hostesses for Hugh Hefner's Playboy jet selected the first flight attendants, females described as long-legged dancers, majorettes and cheerleaders with "unique personalities." Southwest Airlines and Herb Kelleher dressed them in hot pants and go-go boots. "The New York Times" wrote in 1971 that Southwest Airlines President Lamar Muse, "says

title: Southwest Airlines

text: was reaccommodated on the next flight. Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Co. is a major United States airline headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and is the world’s largest low-cost carrier. The airline was established in 1967 by Herb Kelleher as Air Southwest Co. and adopted its current name, Southwest Airlines Co., in 1971, when it began operating as an intrastate airline wholly within the state of Texas, first flying between Dallas and San Antonio. The airline has more than 58,000 employees and operates more than 4,000 departures a day during peak travel season. As of December 2018, Southwest carries the most domestic

title: Southwest Airlines

text: Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Co. is a major United States airline headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and is the world’s largest low-cost carrier. The airline was established in 1967 by Herb Kelleher as Air Southwest Co. and adopted its current name, Southwest Airlines Co., in 1971, when it began operating as an intrastate airline wholly within the state of Texas, first flying between Dallas and San Antonio. The airline has more than 58,000 employees and operates more than 4,000 departures a day during peak travel season. As of December 2018, Southwest carries the most domestic passengers of any United States airline.

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: to Dallas. The engine exploded on the Boeing 737-700 and sent shrapnel flying back towards the passenger window.This death was the first in-flight fatality due to an accident in the history of Southwest History of Southwest Airlines Since its inception in 1967 and its early years when it was prevented from operating, Southwest Airlines has grown to be one of the largest airlines in the United States. Southwest Airlines began with the March 15, 1967, incorporation of "Air Southwest Co." by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher to fly within the state of Texas. Kelleher asserted that by staying within Texas,

title: Southwest Airlines

text: whiskey (Wild Turkey 101) was waiting and distributed among the employees and also as a video press release along with the video of the match itself. Herb Kelleher lost the match for Southwest, with Stevens Aviation winning the rights to the phrase. Kurt Herwald, CEO of Stevens Aviation, immediately granted the use of "Just Plane Smart" to Southwest Airlines. The net result was both companies having use of the trademark, $15,000 going to charity, and good publicity for both companies. Southwest Airlines is the official commercial airline of the Honor Flight Network. Honor Flights are dedicated to bringing aging and

title: Southwest Airlines

text: Education and Aircrew Development) Center which serves as the new pilot training facility. The LEAD Center has capacity to house and support 18 flight simulators. It is designed to be expanded to accommodate up to 26 simulator bays. The building opened on April 3, 2018. As of September 30, 2018, Southwest Airlines has 58,559 active fulltime equivalent employees. Gary C. Kelly is Chairman and CEO of Southwest Airlines. Kelly replaced former CEO Jim Parker on July 15, 2004 and assumed the title of "President" on July 15, 2008, replacing former President Colleen Barrett. In July 2008, Herb Kelleher resigned his

title: Pacific Southwest Airlines

text: son Tom was a PSA pilot in 1962 when the elder Friedkin died abruptly of a stroke, aged 47. A year later, Tom Friedkin's mother died, making him the largest shareholder of PSA. Tom had a seat on the Board of Directors, but continued working as a full-time pilot for the airline. Southwest Airlines founder Herb Kelleher studied PSA extensively and used many of the airline's ideas to form the corporate culture at Southwest, and even on early flights used the same "Long Legs And Short Nights" theme for stewardesses on board typical Southwest Airlines flights. PSA helped train the

title: Southwest Airlines

text: 1975, to cities throughout Texas, and in 1979 Southwest began flying to neighboring states. Service to the East and the Southeast started in the 1990s. , Southwest Airlines has scheduled flights to 99 destinations in 40 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. It operates crew bases at the following airports: Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago–Midway, Dallas–Love, Denver, Houston–Hobby, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Oakland, Orlando, and Phoenix–Sky Harbor. Southwest does not use the "hub and spoke" system of other major airlines, preferring the "point-to-point" system, combined with a "rolling hub" model in its larger cities. Southwest does not currently partner

title: China Southwest Airlines

text: China Southwest Airlines China Southwest Airlines (CSWA, ) was an airline with its head office on the property of Shuangliu Airport in Shuangliu County, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. On 28 October 2002, China Southwest Airlines was merged into Air China. China Southwest Airlines' main hub was at Chengdu Shuangliu, Sichuan Province and its secondary hub was in Chongqing. It was the only airline flying to Lhasa until 2002. Although most routes from its hubs Chengdu and Chongqing were domestic, it also flew to Bangkok, Chiangmai, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Osaka and Seoul. China Southwest Airlines operated a fleet

title: Southwest Airlines

text: with any other airline. Southwest Airlines has only operated Boeing 737 jetliner models, except for a period from 1979 to 1987 when it leased and operated several Boeing 727-200s from Braniff International Airways. Southwest is the largest operator of the Boeing 737 worldwide, with over 740 in service, each averaging six flights per day. Southwest Airlines uses the motto "Low fares. Nothing to hide. That's Transfarency." This motto refers to their avoidance of burdening passengers with hidden or additional fees. While most U.S. airlines now charge passengers for checked luggage, Southwest continues to permit 2 free checked bags per passenger,

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: 1997 the expansion of Love Field facilities and several terminal improvements were expected to cost Southwest $47 million. In late 2004, Southwest began actively seeking the full repeal of the Wright Amendment restrictions. In late 2005, Missouri was added to the list of permissible destination states via a transportation appropriations bill. New service from Love Field to Saint Louis, Missouri and Kansas City, Missouri quickly started in December 2005. At a June 15, 2006, joint press conference held by the city of Dallas, the city of Ft. Worth, Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines, the said parties announced

title: Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771

text: Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles, California, to San Francisco. On 7 December 1987, the British Aerospace 146-200A, registration N350PS, crashed in Cayucos, California, as a result of a murder–suicide by one of the passengers. All 43 passengers and crew aboard the plane died, five of whom, including the two pilots, were presumably shot dead before the plane crashed. The man who caused the crash, David A. Burke, was a former employee of USAir, the parent company of Pacific Southwest Airlines. USAir, which had recently purchased Pacific Southwest Airlines

title: Southwest Airlines

text: the best known airlines to follow Southwest's business strategy in that continent. Other airlines with a business model based on Southwest's system include Canada's WestJet, Malaysia's AirAsia (the first and biggest LCC in Asia), India's IndiGo, Australia's Jetstar, a subsidiary of Qantas (although Jetstar now operates three aircraft types), Philippines's Cebu Pacific, Thailand's Nok Air, Mexico's Volaris, Indonesia's Lion Air and Turkey's Pegasus Airlines. Although Southwest has been a major inspiration to many other airlines, including Ryanair, AirAsia, Lion Air and Jetstar, the management strategies, for example, of Ryanair, AirAsia, Lion Air and Jetstar differ significantly from those of Southwest.

title: China Southwest Airlines

text: of Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-600, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 757-200 and Airbus A340-300 aircraft. It had formerly operated other aircraft, including the Ilyuhin 18D, the Tupolev Tu-154, and the Boeing 707. China Southwest Airlines China Southwest Airlines (CSWA, ) was an airline with its head office on the property of Shuangliu Airport in Shuangliu County, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. On 28 October 2002, China Southwest Airlines was merged into Air China. China Southwest Airlines' main hub was at Chengdu Shuangliu, Sichuan Province and its secondary hub was in Chongqing. It was the only airline flying to Lhasa until 2002.

title: Southwest Airlines fleet

text: Southwest Airlines fleet Since its inception Southwest Airlines has almost exclusively operated Boeing 737 aircraft (except for a brief period when it leased and flew some Boeing 727-200 aircraft). Southwest is the world's largest operator of the Boeing 737, and was the launch customer of the 737-300, 737-500, 737-700, and 737 MAX 8. Southwest Airlines is also poised to be the launch customer for the 737 MAX 7. Southwest added the Boeing 737-700 to its fleet on December 17, 1997. Southwest added the Boeing 737-800 to its fleet on April 11, 2012. The aircraft has 175 seats, 32 more than

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 278

text: 18 years earlier Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 overran the same runway and landed on the road, just next to a gas station, resulting in 44 injuries. https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/06/us/burbank-southwest-flight-slides-off-runway/index.html https://www.planespotters.net/photo/276071/n752sw-southwest-airlines-boeing-737-7h4wl?sid=aabac2bd4595dbb6c32b1188e7bad914&sc=2 https://www.oaklandairport.com/airlines/flight-information/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_materials_arrestor_system#Incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1455 https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/burbank/historic Southwest Airlines Flight 278 Southwest Airlines flight 278 was a Boeing 737-700 that overran Runway 8 at Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California while flying through a storm. . The aircraft rolled over the end of the runway before coming to a rest in the Engineered materials arrestor system or EMAS which was placed at the end of the runway following the crash of Southwest Airlines Flight 1455.Engineered

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380

text: Flight Attendant Kathryn Sandoval; passenger Tim McGinty with his wife Kristin McGinty, passenger Andrew Needum with his wife Stephanie Needum, and passenger Peggy Phillips. Southwest Airlines gave each passenger $5,000 and a $1,000 voucher for future travel with the airline. Southwest Airlines bookings fell following the accident, resulting in a projected decline in revenue for the airline for the second quarter of 2018. Following the accident, Lila Chavez, a passenger on board the flight, filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines, claiming that the accident gave her post traumatic stress disorder. Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 was a

title: Southwest Airlines

text: of Transportation (DOT) Southwest ranks number one (lowest number of complaints) of all U.S. airlines for customer complaints. Southwest Airlines has consistently received the fewest ratio of complaints per passengers boarded of all major U.S. carriers that have been reporting statistics to the DOT since 1987, which is when the DOT began tracking customer satisfaction statistics and publishing its Air Travel Consumer Report. Prior to 2007, Southwest boarded passengers by grouping the passengers into three groups, labeled A, B and C. Passengers would line up at their specified letter and board. In 2007, Southwest modified their boarding procedure by introducing

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: through slot acquisitions from the American Airlines/US Airways merger. On June 10, 2016, Southwest received approval to begin flights to Cuba. Southwest was one of six airlines chosen by the USDOT to commence scheduled service to Cuba. Southwest launched service from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Varadero, Cuba and Santa Clara, Cuba. In July 2016, an operational outage caused by technology problems cancelled hundreds of Southwest flights, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and many aircrew. On April 17, 2018, Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, one person was killed after an engine failure on a Southwest Airlines flight from New York

title: Southwest Airlines

text: program on June 20, 1987, calling it The Company Club. Unlike many competitors' programs that were based on miles flown, The Company Club credited for trips flown regardless of distance. Southwest Airlines renamed its frequent flyer program Rapid Rewards on April 25, 1996. The original Rapid Rewards program offered one credit per one-way flight from an origin to a destination including any stops or connections on Southwest Airlines. When 16 credits were accumulated in a 24-month period, Southwest awarded one free round-trip ticket that was valid for 12 months. On March 1, 2011, Rapid Rewards changed to a points system

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 278

text: Southwest Airlines Flight 278 Southwest Airlines flight 278 was a Boeing 737-700 that overran Runway 8 at Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California while flying through a storm. . The aircraft rolled over the end of the runway before coming to a rest in the Engineered materials arrestor system or EMAS which was placed at the end of the runway following the crash of Southwest Airlines Flight 1455.Engineered materials arrestor system#Incidents Southwest Airlines flight 278 was a flight from Boise, Idaho to Burbank, California with a stopover in Oakland, California that took place every 1 or 2 days. At 8:10

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1763

text: him to death in the process. Honduran American comedian Carlos Mencia mentioned the case of Flight 1763 in his special "No Strings Attached", comparing to the attempted bombing of American Airlines Flight 63. In the bit, he mentioned how Richard Reid, a terrorist trying to blow up a plane, was restrained but lived, yet how "ghetto" people on Southwest beat and killed a man in a case of air rage a year "before" the September 11 attacks. Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 Southwest Airlines flight 1763 was a scheduled passenger flight, operated by Southwest Airlines, from McCarran International Airport, in Paradise,

title: Southwest Airlines fleet

text: deliveries of the Boeing 737 MAX 7 to 2023-2024 and beyond. On April 26, 2018, Southwest exercised a further 40 options on the Boeing 737 MAX 8, converting them to firm orders. This establishes the airline as the largest 737 MAX customer with 280 total orders for the MAX 8 variant, and 310 aircraft total for the 737 MAX family. On March 13, 2018, Southwest Airlines took delivery of the 10,000th Boeing 737, setting the Guinness World Record for Boeing which started producing the 737 in January 1967. This beat the previous record of 5,000 set back in 2006. This

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1455

text: On Friday, October 13, 2006 the Burbank EMAS stopped a private jet with no injuries or aircraft damage. On December 6, 2018, it stopped a Southwest 737-700 (N752SW), with 117 people on board. There were no injuries and only minor damage to the aircraft. Burbank city officials demanded that Southwest Airlines pay their $40,000 bill for services, including overtime for police officers and firefighters, related to the March 5, 2000 accident. Southwest refused to pay stating that the airline is entitled to emergency services since it pays taxes to the city. Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 was

title: Southwest Airlines fleet

text: livery to feature a modified version of the "Heart" tail design, with the red and yellow ribbons shrunk in order to fit the Southwest wordmark as it is too large to be used on the fuselage as on other aircraft. Previous special livery aircraft are currently being repainted with the new tail design. Southwest Airlines fleet Since its inception Southwest Airlines has almost exclusively operated Boeing 737 aircraft (except for a brief period when it leased and flew some Boeing 727-200 aircraft). Southwest is the world's largest operator of the Boeing 737, and was the launch customer of the 737-300,

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: aircraft were allowed to fly for up to 30 months after the inspection deadlines had passed, rendering them unfit to fly. Records indicate that thousands of passengers were flown on aircraft deemed unsafe by federal standards. Southwest declined comment at the time and US Representative James Oberstar advised a hearing would be held. 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. Southwest Airlines faced a $10.2 million fine if found to have violated FAA regulations. There

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: frankly—and repeatedly—that Southwest Airlines has been developed from its inception around the ideas that have proven to be successful for Pacific Southwest Airlines." "We don't mind being copycats of an operation like that," referring to a visit he and other Southwest executives made to PSA as they assembled their operating plans. PSA welcomed them and even sold them flight and operations training. Muse later wrote that creating the operations manuals for his upstart airline was "primarily a cut and paste procedure" and it is said that "Southwest Airlines copied PSA so completely that you could almost call it a photocopy."

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 3472

text: Aviation (US) and Safran Aircraft Engines (France). The French Bureau of Investigation and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety has also appointed an accredited representative who is supported by a technical advisor from Safran Aircraft Engines. Southwest Airlines Flight 3472 Southwest Airlines Flight 3472 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operating from New Orleans International Airport in New Orleans, Louisiana to Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida. On 27 August 2016, the Boeing 737-7H4 (WL), with 99 passengers and five crew, 12 minutes after departure from New Orleans, was climbing through 31,000 feet and heading east over the Gulf of Mexico

title: Southwest Airlines fleet

text: 1971, on the left side of the aircraft, the word "Southwest" was placed along the upper rear portion of the fuselage, with the word "Airlines" painted on the tail N21SW. On the right side, the word "Southwest" was on the tail, but also had the word "Airlines" painted on the upper rear portion of the fuselage.N20SW. This was later revised to simply include "Southwest" on both sides of the tail. The airline's Boeing 727-200s, operated briefly in the late 1970s and early 1980s, featured other variations on the livery; one was painted in a shade of ochre instead of gold

title: Southwest Airlines fleet

text: will be flown under tail number N8717M. There is a special registration plate commemorating the milestone inside the L1 door. On October 1, 2018, Southwest Airlines took a delivery of its final Boeing 737-800. All future deliveries for the foreseeable future will be a type of the Boeing 737 MAX. As of October 2018, Southwest Airlines operates the following aircraft: Southwest's original primary livery was "Desert Gold" (Gold, Red and Orange, with pinstripes of white separating each section of color). The word "Southwest" appeared in white on the gold portion of the tail. On the original three 737-200s, from June

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: served by Southwest. On October 10, 2011, "USA Today" reported that Southwest would work to no longer bank flights in Atlanta as AirTran did. On February 14, 2013, Southwest began codesharing with AirTran. It took the first step on January 26, 2013 by launching shared itineraries in five markets. Southwest continued to launch shared itineraries with 39 more markets beginning February 25, 2013. In April 2013, shared itineraries were expanded to all Southwest and AirTran cities (domestic and international). The airlines were fully integrated on December 29, 2014. For the tenth year in a row, "Fortune" magazine recognized Southwest Airlines

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1248

text: Committee. (i.e. TALPA ARC). In 2016, based on the recommendations of TALPA ARC, the FAA implemented new "Runway Condition Code" method for the communication of runway conditions from airport management to flight crew members. Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 (WN1248, SWA1248) was a scheduled passenger flight from Baltimore, Maryland, to Chicago, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, Utah, and then to Las Vegas, Nevada. On December 8, 2005, the airplane slid off a runway at Chicago-Midway while landing in a snowstorm and crashed into automobile traffic, killing six-year-old Joshua Woods. On Thursday, December 8, 2005, Southwest Airlines Flight

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 812

text: from when the aircraft was built. Southwest Airlines Flight 812 Southwest Airlines Flight 812 (SWA812, WN812) was a passenger flight which suffered rapid depressurization at near Yuma, Arizona, leading to an emergency landing at Yuma International Airport, on April 1, 2011. The incident caused minor injuries to two of the 123 aboard. The aircraft involved, a Boeing 737–300, was operating Southwest Airlines' domestic scheduled service from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, to Sacramento International Airport, Sacramento, California. The depressurization was caused by the structural failure of a lap joint in the fuselage skin due to metal fatigue. The

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 812

text: Southwest Airlines Flight 812 Southwest Airlines Flight 812 (SWA812, WN812) was a passenger flight which suffered rapid depressurization at near Yuma, Arizona, leading to an emergency landing at Yuma International Airport, on April 1, 2011. The incident caused minor injuries to two of the 123 aboard. The aircraft involved, a Boeing 737–300, was operating Southwest Airlines' domestic scheduled service from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, to Sacramento International Airport, Sacramento, California. The depressurization was caused by the structural failure of a lap joint in the fuselage skin due to metal fatigue. The aircraft made an emergency descent, and

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1763

text: Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 Southwest Airlines flight 1763 was a scheduled passenger flight, operated by Southwest Airlines, from McCarran International Airport, in Paradise, Nevada, to Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City, Utah. On August 11, 2000, Jonathan Burton, a Las Vegas resident, stormed the cockpit door of the Boeing 737 operating the flight, in an apparent case of air rage. The 19-year-old was subdued by six to eight other passengers with such force that he died of asphyxiation. The death was initially believed to have been a heart attack. There were conflicting reports of Burton's air rage

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1248

text: Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 (WN1248, SWA1248) was a scheduled passenger flight from Baltimore, Maryland, to Chicago, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, Utah, and then to Las Vegas, Nevada. On December 8, 2005, the airplane slid off a runway at Chicago-Midway while landing in a snowstorm and crashed into automobile traffic, killing six-year-old Joshua Woods. On Thursday, December 8, 2005, Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 was scheduled to arrive at Chicago Midway International Airport from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, and then continue on to Salt Lake City International Airport, then to Las Vegas McCarran International Airport. The

title: Wilson v Southwest Airlines Co

text: Wilson v Southwest Airlines Co Wilson v Southwest Airlines, 517 FSupp 292 (ND Tex 1981) is a US labor law case, concerning discrimination. Southwest Airlines hired females only to cabin attendant positions and required they wear hot pants in response to the mostly male passengers. Male applicants claimed this was unlawful sex discrimination. The company argued it was needed to protect the business’ image, which had recently included an advertising campaign promising 'love in the sky'. This was argued as a Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) by Southwest. The Texas Court held the men won because the business’ essence was

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: in its annual survey of corporate reputations. Among all industries in 2004, "Fortune" has listed Southwest Airlines as number three among America's Top Ten most admired corporations. On December 13, 2011, Southwest placed a firm order for 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, becoming the launch customer for the type. The first 737 MAX Aircraft was delivered to Southwest on August 29, 2017, with their first revenue service began on October 1. In January 2012, Southwest Airlines expressed interest in serving Mexican- and South American destinations out of Houston's William P. Hobby Airport. On May 30, 2012 Houston's city council approved

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: have also been rumors that the FAA knew about Southwest Airlines' violations but decided not to fine the airline because it would disrupt the airline's services. On March 2, 2009, Southwest settled these claims, agreeing to pay the FAA fines of $7.5 million for these safety and maintenance issues. The original fine of $30.2 million – a sum that would have been the largest fine in the agency's history – was lowered after a year of negotiations. The FAA gave Southwest two years in which to pay the fine. On July 30, 2009, Southwest Airlines made a $113.6 million bid

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: WestJet and then JetBlue Airways, a competing airline. On March 16, 1995 Southwest created its first website. Originally called the "Southwest Airlines Home Gate," passengers could view schedules, a route map and company information at Iflyswa.com. Southwest.com was the number one airline website for online revenue, according to PhoCusWright. Nielsen/Netratings also reported that Southwest.com was the largest airline site in terms of unique visitors. In 2006, 70 percent of flight bookings and 73 percent of revenue was generated from bookings on southwest.com. , 69 percent of Southwest passengers checked in for their flights online or at a kiosk. Southwest Airlines

title: Pacific Southwest Airlines

text: to another country PSA served many destinations in the western U.S. and Mexico over the years although not all at the same time. The following is a list of known PSA destinations served during the airline's existence. Arizona Colorado Idaho New Mexico Nevada Utah PSA fleet details at the time of its merger into USAir: Historic PSA fleet: Historic PSA fleet details: The following aircraft were used for training only. List of aircraft PSA used for training: Pacific Southwest Airlines Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was a United States airline headquartered in San Diego, California, that operated from 1949 to 1988.

title: Pacific Southwest Airlines

text: Pacific Southwest Airlines Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was a United States airline headquartered in San Diego, California, that operated from 1949 to 1988. It was the first large discount airline in the United States. PSA called itself "The World's Friendliest Airline" and painted a smile on the nose of its airplanes, the "PSA Grinningbirds". Opinion L.A. of the "Los Angeles Times" called PSA "practically the unofficial flag carrier airline of California for almost 40 years." The airline initially operated as an intrastate airline wholly within the state of California before expanding to other destinations in other western states in the

title: Southwest Airlines

text: ailing veterans to visit the national monuments in Washington, D.C., devoted to the wars in which they served. Southwest Airlines accidents and incidents include two deaths: one accidental passenger death inflight, one non-passenger death on the ground. Southwest has had seven accidents, including two aircraft hull losses. The airline was considered among the ten safest in the world in 2012. On June 22, 2011, a March 25 recording of an in-flight transmission of Southwest pilot Captain James Taylor apparently unintentionally broadcasting a conversation with his first officer was released to the press. The conversation was peppered with foul language directed

title: Southwest Airlines

text: making the airline a favorite of many travelers. Regarding last-minute itinerary changes, Southwest also does not charge any change fees; passengers are permitted to change their flight as late as two hours prior to their flights, and only pay the difference if their new flight is more expensive than the original flight (or receive a credit if the new flight is less expensive than the original flight). In the event of a cancellation, passengers are refunded a travel credit in the amount spent on their ticket, and the credit may be used toward any other Southwest Airlines or Southwest Vacations

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 2294

text: frequent inspections by all airlines of all Boeing 737 Classic aircraft. Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 (SWA 2294, WN 2294) was a scheduled US passenger aircraft flight which made an emergency landing at Yeager Airport (CRW) in Charleston, West Virginia, on July 13, 2009, after suffering a rapid depressurization of the passenger cabin. The aircraft landed safely with no fatalities or major injuries to passengers and crew. An NTSB investigation found that the incident was caused by a failure in the fuselage skin due to metal fatigue. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-3H4 N387SW, serial number

title: Wilson v Southwest Airlines Co

text: transporting passengers and the ‘love in the sky’ ads were not central enough and did not meet primary function of the business. The case triggered a series of other complaints. A Hooters class action case was settled without resolution of the law. Wilson v Southwest Airlines Co Wilson v Southwest Airlines, 517 FSupp 292 (ND Tex 1981) is a US labor law case, concerning discrimination. Southwest Airlines hired females only to cabin attendant positions and required they wear hot pants in response to the mostly male passengers. Male applicants claimed this was unlawful sex discrimination. The company argued it was

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1248

text: a Boeing 737, crashed while approaching Midway Airport, killing 45. The accident involving Flight 1248 was the first Southwest Airlines accident in the 35-year history of the company to result in a fatality. The previous major incident was in 2000 when Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 overran a runway in Burbank, California, injuring 43 and narrowly avoiding a catastrophe; the aircraft ended up outside a Chevron gas station. Although the Midway accident killed a person on the ground rather than a passenger or crew member, Southwest followed the tradition of retiring any flight number involved in a fatal crash; current flights

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: common stock, corporate identity and operating assets of AirTran Holdings, Inc., the former parent company of AirTran Airways. Southwest Airlines estimates the transaction's value at $3.2 billion and expects onetime costs to integrate the two airlines of $500 million, with cost synergies of approximately $400 million annually. The greatest impact on Southwest, access to Atlanta, international service and the addition of landing slots at New York-LaGuardia Airport and Washington-Reagan Airport. Southwest obtained a single operating certificate (SOC) from the United States Federal Aviation Administration on March 1, 2012, but the airline was not fully integrated until AirTran had its last

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: August 26, 2009 the FAA investigated Southwest for installing improper parts on about 10% of its jets. The work was performed by an outside maintenance company. The FAA stated that the parts do not present a safety danger, but the airline was given until December 24, 2009 to replace the parts with those approved by the FAA. Southwest Airlines first announced the acquisition on September 27, 2010 and received final approval from the United States Department of Justice on April 27, 2011. On May 2, 2011, Southwest Airlines completed the acquisition of AirTran Airways by purchasing all of the outstanding

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: for bankrupt Frontier Airlines Holdings, the parent company of Frontier Airlines. Southwest planned to initially operate Frontier as a stand-alone carrier, eventually absorbing the airline and replacing Frontier's aircraft with Boeing 737s. Less than one month after submitting its bid, Southwest learned on August 14 that it had lost the initial bidding to Republic Airways Holdings and elected not to counter or pursue the deal further. Southwest stated that its requirement for pilots' unions at both companies to reach a negotiated (not arbitrated) agreement as a condition of acquisition was a key factor in its abandonment of its bid. On

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: of through-ticketing prohibitions and unrestricted flights to domestic destinations eight years after the legislation takes effect. Because of the agreement, nationwide service became possible for Southwest; the law also defined the maximum number of gates at Love Field. Southwest controlled all but four of the Love Field gates. United Airlines controlled two and American Airlines was initially supposed to operate from the other two, however, because of American's merger with US Airways, it had to give up the two gates at DAL. Virgin America began leasing the two gates from American on October 13, 2014. Southwest remains the dominant passenger

title: Southwest Airlines

text: a number. Each passenger receives a letter (A, B or C) and a number 1 through 60. Passengers line up in numerical order within each letter group and choose any open seat on the aircraft as part of Southwest's open seating policy. According to a 2012 study by Mythbusters, this is the fastest method currently in use for non-first class passengers to board a plane; on average, it is 10 minutes faster than the standard method used by most airlines of boarding from the back frontward. All Southwest Airlines aircraft are equipped with Wi-Fi, free streaming live television, and movies

title: Access Now, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines Co.

text: Access Now, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines Co. Access Now, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines Co. was a decision of the United States District Court on 18 August 2002. It concerned the nature of Title III of Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The court determined that Southwest Airlines website is not a “place of public accommodation” as defined in Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The case determined that the Southwest Airlines internet website was not in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) concerned with a physical existence

title: Southwest Airlines fleet

text: the former largest 737s in Southwest's fleet. After completing the purchase of AirTran Airways, Southwest Airlines acquired AirTran's existing fleet of Boeing 717 aircraft. However, Southwest elected not to integrate them into its fleet and currently leases them to Delta Air Lines. On December 13, 2011, Southwest placed a firm order for 150 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, becoming the launch customer for the type (although the first delivery of the 737 MAX 8 was to Malindo Air). On May 15, 2013, Southwest became the launch customer for the Boeing 737 MAX 7 aircraft and now has 30 MAX 7

title: Southwest Airlines

text: based on ticket cost. Members earn and redeem points based on a three-tier fare scale multiplier and the cost of the ticket. Changes also included no blackout dates, seat restrictions or expiring credits. It also adds more options to use points. The Southwest Airlines headquarters is located on the grounds of Dallas Love Field in the Love Field neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. On September 17, 2012, Southwest broke ground on a new Training and Operational Support (TOPS) building. The TOPS Building is across the street from its current headquarters building. The property includes a two-story, 100,000 square foot Network Operations

title: China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509

text: the plane nose dive into the ground from an altitude of and explode. All 61 people onboard were killed. Incorrect self-locking locknuts had been installed in the elevator operating system, which maintenance crews failed to notice. These spun off during the flight, leaving the elevator uncontrollable. This disabled the aircraft pitch channel, causing the crash. This and the China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 disaster contributed to the decision to remove all Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft in China from service on October 30, 2002. China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 (SZ4509) was a domestic flight in China from

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1455

text: Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 was a scheduled passenger flight from McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada to Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport, Burbank, California, that overran the runway during landing on March 5, 2000. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-3T5, registration came to rest on a city street adjacent to a gas station. The National Transportation Safety Board found that the incident was due to the pilots attempting to land with excessive speed. They also blamed the air traffic controller for placing them in a position from which their only option was a go around. Two of the flight attendants

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380

text: be performed. The engine manufacturer estimated the new directive affected 352 engines in the US and 681 engines worldwide. On April 23, 2018, Southwest Airlines announced that it was voluntarily going beyond the FAA EAD requirement and performing ultrasonic inspections on all CFM engines in its fleet, including two each on approximately 700 Boeing 737-700 and 737-800 aircraft. On April 30, 2018, the aircraft involved in the accident was released by the NTSB, and was flown by Southwest Airlines to a service facility performing major services on Boeing aircraft at Paine Field in Everett, Washington for repairs. On May 2,

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380

text: crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 in February 2009, and the first accident involving Southwest Airlines that resulted in the death of a passenger. Flight 1380 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from New York-LaGuardia Airport to Dallas Love Field. The aircraft was a Boeing 737-7H4 with the registration N772SW, in service with Southwest Airlines since its manufacture in 2000. It was powered by CFM56-7B engines. Tammie Jo Shults, a former United States Navy pilot, was the captain of the flight; and Darren Ellisor, a former United States Air Force pilot, was the first officer. There were 144 passengers and

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380

text: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 was a Boeing 737-700 that experienced an engine failure after departing from New York–LaGuardia Airport en route to Dallas Love Field on April 17, 2018. Debris from the failed engine damaged the fuselage, causing rapid depressurization of the aircraft after damaging a cabin window. The crew conducted an emergency descent and diverted to Philadelphia International Airport. One passenger was partially ejected from the aircraft and later died. Eight other passengers received minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. It was the first fatal airline accident involving a U.S. passenger carrier since the

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 3472

text: On 12 September 2016, the NTSB reported their initial findings. Initial findings from the examination of the airplane include: Initial findings from the engine examination include: Initial findings from the metallurgical examination conducted in the NTSB Materials Laboratory include: Future investigative work by the NTSB will include 3-D measurements of the contact areas of all the blades, a non-destructive examination of the blade surfaces for cracks, and a review of the engine maintenance records. Parties to the investigation include the Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Airlines, the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, and CFM International, which is a joint venture between GE

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 3472

text: Southwest Airlines Flight 3472 Southwest Airlines Flight 3472 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operating from New Orleans International Airport in New Orleans, Louisiana to Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida. On 27 August 2016, the Boeing 737-7H4 (WL), with 99 passengers and five crew, 12 minutes after departure from New Orleans, was climbing through 31,000 feet and heading east over the Gulf of Mexico when the aircraft's number one CFM International CFM56-7 engine suffered an uncontained engine failure. Debris from the engine punctured the left side of the fuselage causing a loss of cabin pressure and damaged the wing

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 345

text: the airframe was broken up by a salvage dealer at the Port of Albany in March 2014, with some parts trucked to Owego for final destruction. Southwest Airlines Flight 345 Southwest Airlines Flight 345 was a scheduled flight from Nashville International Airport, Tennessee, to New York City's LaGuardia Airport. On July 22, 2013, the Boeing 737 operating the route suffered a front landing gear collapse while landing at LaGuardia Airport, injuring 9 people on board. The aircraft, which was worth an estimated $15.5 million at the time, was written off and scrapped as a result of the accident. The aircraft

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 345

text: Southwest Airlines Flight 345 Southwest Airlines Flight 345 was a scheduled flight from Nashville International Airport, Tennessee, to New York City's LaGuardia Airport. On July 22, 2013, the Boeing 737 operating the route suffered a front landing gear collapse while landing at LaGuardia Airport, injuring 9 people on board. The aircraft, which was worth an estimated $15.5 million at the time, was written off and scrapped as a result of the accident. The aircraft landed on runway 4 with its nose landing gear touching down prior to the main landing gear. The aircraft's nose gear collapsed upward into the body

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 2294

text: 2009, Boeing issued a Service Bulletin calling for repetitive external inspections to detect any cracks in this more-vulnerable area of the fuselage skin. The FAA then followed up by issuing an Airworthiness Directive on January 12, 2010, mandating these inspection requirements. Earlier criticism of the carrier's lax maintenance and inspection practices, for which the airline had been fined $7.5 million in 2008, was quickly echoed. Less than two years later, a strikingly similar incident occurred on Southwest Airlines Flight 812, involving another Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-3H4. In response to the second incident, the FAA issued an Airworthiness Directive requiring more

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 2294

text: Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 (SWA 2294, WN 2294) was a scheduled US passenger aircraft flight which made an emergency landing at Yeager Airport (CRW) in Charleston, West Virginia, on July 13, 2009, after suffering a rapid depressurization of the passenger cabin. The aircraft landed safely with no fatalities or major injuries to passengers and crew. An NTSB investigation found that the incident was caused by a failure in the fuselage skin due to metal fatigue. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-3H4 N387SW, serial number 26602, operating a scheduled flight between Nashville, Tennessee (KBNA), and Baltimore,

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 345

text: Nine occupants were treated for minor injuries, all sustained during evacuation, six of whom were taken to local hospitals. The aircraft was a 13-year-old Boeing 737-700, registration number N753SW, owned and operated by Southwest Airlines. Flight 345's captain had flown for Southwest Airlines for nearly 13 years, six years in the rank as captain. At the time of the accident, she had a total of 12,000 hours of flight time, including 2,600 flight hours as captain of a Boeing 737. The first officer had 20 years of prior experience in the United States Air Force and had been hired by

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 812

text: breaking his nose. An off-duty airline employee rushing to assist the flight attendant also lost consciousness, fell, and received a cut to the head. Both regained consciousness as the aircraft descended. A spare aircraft with maintenance technicians, ground crew, and customer service agents was dispatched from Phoenix to take the passengers to Sacramento. The replacement aircraft was expected to reach Sacramento with a 4-hour delay to the passengers on board Flight 812. This was the second structural failure, rapid decompression, and emergency landing for Southwest Airlines in two years. Southwest Airlines Flight 2294, also a 737–300, suffered a football-sized hole

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: flight on December 28, 2014. An entity called Guadeloupe Holdings was formed by Southwest to act as a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines and holding company for AirTran's operations and assets. Southwest's organized labor groups ceded contractual "scope" provisions pending acceptable negotiated seniority integration agreements. Southwest transitioned aircraft, routes and employees from AirTran to Southwest on a one-by-one basis until all parts of AirTran were integrated to Southwest. The purchase added 25 additional destinations previously not served by Southwest including cities in the Caribbean and Atlanta, Georgia, an AirTran hub and at the time, the largest U.S. city not

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: its first crew base outside Dallas. On November 30, 1984 Southwest took delivery of its first Boeing 737–300. Southwest was a launch customer and in May 2012 was the largest operator of the type. The first 737-300 was dubbed "Kitty Hawk." Southwest paid US$60.5 million in stock and cash for Muse Air when Muse was on the verge of collapse in 1985. After completing the acquisition, Southwest renamed MuseAir TranStar Airlines. TranStar became a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest and operated as an independent airline. Unwilling to compete in a fare war against Frank Lorenzo's Texas Air, Southwest eventually sold

text: and hence cannot govern what it is in cyberspace. Judge Seitz also explained that the “virtual ticket counter” Southwest Airlines Co’s website was a virtual construct and hence not a “public place of accommodation” and as such “To expand the ADA to cover "virtual" spaces would be to create new rights without well-defined standards". Access Now, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines Co., was a decision of the United States District Court, which on 18 August 2002 ruled that the Southwest Airlines Co’s website is not a “place of public accommodation” as defined in Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: that was not resolved for three years. Air Southwest prevailed in 1970 when the Texas Supreme Court upheld Air Southwest's right to fly within Texas. The Texas decision became final on December 7, 1970, when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case without comment, vindicating Kelleher's opinion on the limits of federal market regulation. On March 29, 1971, Air Southwest Co. changed its name to Southwest Airlines Co. with headquarters in Dallas. Southwest began scheduled passenger service on June 18, 1971 on two routes: between Dallas Love Field (DAL) and Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and between Dallas Love

title: Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771

text: a granite and bronze marker honoring the 42 victims of Flight 1771, and a number of the passengers and crew are buried in that cemetery. An episode of the Canadian documentary TV series "Mayday" titled "I'm the Problem" ("Murder on Board" for UK broadcasts) chronicled the events of Flight 1771 and its ensuing investigation. Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles, California, to San Francisco. On 7 December 1987, the British Aerospace 146-200A, registration N350PS, crashed in Cayucos, California, as a result of a murder–suicide by one of the passengers.

title: Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710

text: Gormley of Los Angeles and actor Victor Sen Yung were wounded and survived. These are the first passengers killed or wounded in a hijacking in the United States. Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710 was a Boeing 737-200 flight from Sacramento, California, to Los Angeles that was hijacked by Dimitr Alexiev and Michael Azmanoff, two Bulgarian immigrants, on July 5, 1972, shortly after take-off from Sacramento Airport. The hijackers demanded $800,000, two parachutes and to be taken to the Soviet Union. The hijacking ended on the runway at San Francisco International Airport when agents from the

title: China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146

text: long after the crash of Flight 4146, the Civil Aviation Administration of China ordered safety checks that found mechanical problems leading to the grounding of at least 17 aircraft. The crash of Flight 4146 was blamed on poor maintenance. China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 was an Ilyushin Il-18 that crashed near Chongqing, China on 18 January 1988 with the loss of all 108 passengers and crew. Flight 4146 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing to Chongqing Airport, Chongqing, with 98 passengers and a crew of ten on board. As

title: China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146

text: China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 was an Ilyushin Il-18 that crashed near Chongqing, China on 18 January 1988 with the loss of all 108 passengers and crew. Flight 4146 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing to Chongqing Airport, Chongqing, with 98 passengers and a crew of ten on board. As Flight 4146 neared Chongqing, the aircraft's Number Four engine (the outer engine on the right wing) caught fire. The fire burned the engine mount and the engine fell off the aircraft's wing. This caused a loss of control. Flight

title: Southwest Airlines fleet

text: aircraft on order. The first delivery is expected in 2019. On August 29, 2017, Southwest Airlines took delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX 8, making it the first airline in North America to do so. The airline was also the first in North America to operate the aircraft on scheduled revenue passenger flights, which began October 1, 2017. On January 2, 2018, Southwest converted 40 options into firm orders for the Boeing 737 MAX 8, bringing total orders of the variant to more than 250 aircraft. On the same day, the airline also announced that it was deferring 23

title: China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509

text: China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 (SZ4509) was a domestic flight in China from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Sichuan to Wenzhou Yongqiang Airport, Zhejiang. On February 24, 1999, the Tupelov Tu-154M operating the flight crashed while on approach to Wenzhou Airport, killing all 61 passengers and crew members on board. The aircraft was a 1990-built Tupolev Tu-154M (serial number 90A-846, serial 0846airliner powered by three Soloviev D-30 turbofan engines from UEC Saturn. It was initially registered in the Soviet Union as CCCP-85846. It was delivered to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in April the

title: Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710

text: Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710 was a Boeing 737-200 flight from Sacramento, California, to Los Angeles that was hijacked by Dimitr Alexiev and Michael Azmanoff, two Bulgarian immigrants, on July 5, 1972, shortly after take-off from Sacramento Airport. The hijackers demanded $800,000, two parachutes and to be taken to the Soviet Union. The hijacking ended on the runway at San Francisco International Airport when agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation stormed the plane killing both hijackers. Passenger E. H. Stanley Carter, a sixty-six-year-old retired railroad conductor from Montreal, was also killed; passengers Leo R.

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: airline at Love Field, maintains its headquarters, hangars, training centers and flight simulators adjacent thereto and reflects its ties to Love Field in its winged heart livery and its stock exchange ticker symbol (LUV). In 2008, Southwest contracted with Pratt and Whitney to supply the proprietary Ecopower water pressure-washing system, which allows Southwest to clean grime and contaminants off engine turbine blades while the aircraft is parked at the gate. Frequent use of the Ecopower system is estimated to improve fuel efficiency by about 1.9%. Southwest paid US$7.5 million to acquire certain assets from bankrupt ATA Airlines in 2008. Southwest's

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 345

text: Southwest Airlines a year and a half before the accident. On July 26, 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a press release disclosing its initial findings, which included: No mechanical malfunctions were found, but the nose landing gear collapsed due to stress overload. The NTSB's investigation became focused on the behavior of the flight crew during Flight 345's approach into LaGuardia Airport. The NTSB discovered that Flight 345's captain had been the subject of multiple complaints by first officers who had flown with her. Southwest's flight operations manual requires its pilots to abort a landing if the plane

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1455

text: abort the approach when conditions were not met for a stable approach and landing. The action of the flight controller was listed as a contributing factor in the accident: "Contributing to the accident was the controller's positioning of the airplane in such a manner as to leave no safe options for the flight crew other than a go-around maneuver." Months later, the pilots were fired as a result of this incident. Southwest Airlines admitted the pilots' actions were negligent. At the time, a Southwest spokesperson termed it "the worst accident" in the airline's history. Air safety experts and pilots suggested

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: phase out in 1997 and 2005; in 2006, the amendment was repealed, with some restrictions intact until 2014, but added a restriction on the number of gates allowed. When airline deregulation came in 1978, Southwest began to plan interstate flights from Love Field, causing groups affiliated with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, including the city of Fort Worth, Texas, to push the Wright Amendment through Congress to restrict such flights. Under the amendment, Southwest and other airlines were barred from operating or even ticketing passengers on flights from Love Field to destinations beyond the states that border Texas. The Wright Amendment's

text: accommodations. For geographic location, the District court utilised the decision from the Supreme Court in Reno v. ACLU (521 U.S. 844 (1997)), where its medium had no unique location geographically and is available for everyone across the globe. Thus, the website for the airplane company is not based on a geographical location and hence no nexus for places of public accommodation. Therefore, it can be seen that in the absence of a physical place, there was the lack of a public accommodation or nexus. Access Now, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines Co. Access Now, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines Co. was a

text: The case concerned Robert Gumson, a blind American man living in Florida, United States of America. The plaintiffs; Access Now, Inc and Robert Gumson argued that Southwest Airline's internet website was in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.) as the airlines website was not accessible to the blind such as Robert Gumson. The main topic that was considered by the United States District Court was whether Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (public services) requires companies such as Southwest Airlines Co to edit their websites to be completely accessible to

title: Southwest Airlines

text: All these different management strategies can be seen as means of differentiation from other competitors in order to gain competitive advantages. The company has always employed humor in its advertising. Former slogans include "Love Is Still Our Field," "Just Plane Smart," "The Somebody Else Up There Who Loves You," "You're Now Free To Move About The Country," "THE Low Fare Airline," "Grab your bag, It's On!" and "Welcome Aboard." The airline's current slogan is "Low fares. Nothing to hide. That's TransFarency!" In March 1992, shortly after Southwest started using the "Just Plane Smart" motto, Stevens Aviation, which had been using

title: Pacific Southwest Airlines

text: first class of mechanics for Southwest Airlines and lent the fledgling carrier flight manuals and other needed items. The PSA headquarters were located in a windowless gray-brown building on Harbor Drive in San Diego, California. The building was San Diego International Airport's commuter terminal until 2015 when it was converted into administrative offices of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority. There were several attempted hijackings which resulted in no injuries and the surrender of the often lone hijacker. These incidents are not included. The following are notable hijackings because of fatalities or success in forcing the aircraft to fly

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1455

text: not perform a go-around maneuver. The first officer likewise indicated after the accident that he was aware that they were not "in the slot," but said he believed the captain was taking corrective action. The aircraft touched down on the wet runway at over the target airspeed. Furthermore, it touched down from the runway threshold, beyond the 1000–1500 ft range established by the Southwest Airlines FOM. The captain deployed the thrust reversers and then he and the first officer applied manual brakes, but according to the NTSB findings, under those conditions even maximum braking would not have prevented the aircraft

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1455

text: to remain at or above 3,000 ft (above mean sea level) until passing the Van Nuys VOR beacon. This navigational aid is approximately from the runway. Radar data suggest that the flight began its descent from about from the runway. According to the Aeronautical Information Manual Section 4-4-12f, this approach clearance automatically canceled any previous speed assignments. According to the final accident report, traffic conditions no longer warranted the speed assignment after the controller cleared the flight to descend to , but the controller did not verbally cancel the speed assignment. Southwest Airlines procedures instruct the pilot not flying to

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1455

text: flights. The captain acknowledged the instructions. At 18:04:42 the first officer informed the captain that the target airspeed for landing would be . This value was based on standard procedures in the Southwest Airlines Flight Operations Manual (FOM). At 18:05:13 the captain told the first officer that the air traffic controller had instructed them to remain at or greater "for a while." At 18:05:54 the controller cleared Flight 1455 to descend to , and at 1807 cleared the flight to descend to . At 1808 the controller cleared flight 1455 for a visual approach to runway 8 with a restriction

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380

text: Association, the Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Association, the Transport Workers Union of America, and UTC Aerospace Systems. Because the manufacturer of the failed engine – CFM International (CFM) – is a US-French joint venture, the French Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile (Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety, "aka" simply as BEA) sent its experts to assist. Technical teams from CFM are assisting with the investigation as well. The full investigation is likely to take 12 to 15 months. NTSB investigators analyzed a recording of the air traffic radar plots and observed that the

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380

text: through the cabin to assist passengers with their masks. As they moved toward the mid-cabin, they found the passenger in row 14 partially out of the window and attempted to pull her inside. They were able to retrieve her with the help of two passengers, and other passengers performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The passenger, later identified as Jennifer Riordan, age 43, was removed from the aircraft alive but died in a local hospital. The participants in the investigation include the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Boeing, Southwest Airlines, GE Aviation, the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380

text: loud sounds, distraction, and wearing masks, but, as the aircraft descended, the communications improved. The captain initially was planning on a long final approach to make sure they completed all the checklists, but when they learned of the passenger injuries, she decided to shorten the approach and expedite landing. Three flight attendants were assigned to the flight, and an additional Southwest Airlines employee was also traveling as a passenger. All four reported that they heard a loud sound and felt a vibration. The oxygen masks automatically deployed in the cabin. The flight attendants retrieved portable oxygen bottles and began moving

title: History of Southwest Airlines

text: The rest of 1971 and 1972 saw operating losses. One of the four 737s was sold to Frontier Airlines and the proceeds used for payroll- and other expenses. Southwest continued a schedule based on four aircraft but using only three, so the "ten minute turn" was born and was the standard ground time for many years. The Wright Amendment of 1979 was a federal law that governed traffic at Dallas Love Field until many restrictions from the amendment were removed in late 2014. It originally limited most nonstop flights to destinations within Texas and neighboring states. The limits began to

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 345

text: the nose landing gear from striking the runway." On October 2, 2013, Southwest Airlines announced that it had fired Flight 345's captain. The airline also announced that it was requiring Flight 345's first officer to undergo additional training. Neither pilot was publicly identified by the airline. The Boeing 737 involved in the accident, worth an estimated $15.5 million at the time, was found to be too extensively damaged to be repaired and was written off as a total loss. The aircraft was ultimately removed from LaGuardia Airport via barge to the Port of Albany (New York) in November 2013, where

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 812

text: after landing, was found to have a hole approximately long on top of the fuselage above the passenger cabin. The NTSB investigation revealed evidence of pre-existing fatigue, and determined the probable cause of the incident to be related to an error in the manufacturing process for joining fuselage crown skin panels. This incident led to the FAA increasing the inspection rate of certain airframes. The incident followed a similar one, Southwest Airlines Flight 2294, in 2009. The aircraft involved was Boeing 737-3H4, registration number N632SW, manufacturer's serial number 27707, line number 2799. Manufacturing of the airframe was completed on May

title: Southwest Airlines Flight 2294

text: delivered to Southwest Airlines in June 1994, and at the time of the accident flight, had accumulated approximately 42,500 takeoff/landing cycles, and 50,500 airframe hours. Highly magnified inspections found that a long metal fatigue crack had developed at the boundary of two different manufacturing processes used by Boeing in creating the fuselage crown skin assembly. Boeing finite element modeling had suggested that stress forces in this boundary region are higher due to differences in stiffness, indicating that a failure was more likely to occur in this area after a certain number of pressurization-depressurization cycles. Following this incident, on September 3,

title: Pacific Southwest Airlines

text: U.S. following the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 and also eventually operated international service to several destinations in Mexico. In 1986, PSA became the first of two airlines that were bought, or merged, into the existing USAir, followed by Piedmont Airlines in 1987. The PSA acquisition was completed in 1988. USAir changed its name to US Airways in 1997. In 2005, after its second bankruptcy filing, America West Airlines acquired US Airways, continuing with the name until it merged with American Airlines in 2013. In November 1995, the PSA name was given to Jetstream International Airlines, becoming PSA Airlines, so