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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 ...
University of Texas, Austin (BBA) Occupation. Business executive. Title. Chairman, Southwest Airlines. Term. 2008–present. Gary Clayton Kelly (born March 12, 1955) is an American business executive. He is the chairman and former chief executive officer of Southwest Airlines.
Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was a low-cost US airline headquartered in San Diego, California, that operated from 1949 to 1988. It was the first substantial scheduled discount airline. PSA called itself "The World's Friendliest Airline" and painted a smile on the nose of its airplanes, the PSA Grinningbirds. [2]
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Co-founder of Southwest Airlines. Spouse. Joan Negley. Children. 4. Herbert David Kelleher (March 12, 1931 – January 3, 2019) was an American billionaire airline businessman and lawyer. He was the co-founder, later CEO, and chairman emeritus of Southwest Airlines until his death in 2019.
Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. fell 4% in morning trading Tuesday. Elliott, the fund led by billionaire investor Paul Singer, has built a 10% stake in recent weeks and advocated changes it says ...
October 17, 2023 at 2:40 PM. Southwest Airlines wants to make it easier for you to get status in its Rapid Rewards program. Beginning Jan. 1, it’s lowering the threshold to qualify for A-List ...
Robert Jordan is an American business executive who took on the role of chief executive officer (CEO) at Southwest Airlines on February 1, 2022. [1] In June 2021, it was announced that Jordan would succeed Gary C. Kelly as the sixth CEO of the company in February 2022. [2] Previously he was executive vice president of corporate services for ...