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In December 2022, Southwest Airlines, a major U.S. airline, and the third largest by domestic passenger volume, [1] canceled more flights than usual, including more than 60% of its flights on two days. [2] The crisis spanned December 21–30, at the peak of the holiday travel season, and is referred to in the news media as the Southwest ...
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 Flight 1380 was a Boeing 737-700 that experienced a contained engine failure [a] in the left CFM International CFM56 engine after departing from New York–LaGuardia Airport en route to Dallas Love Field on April 17, 2018. The engine cowl was broken in the failure, and cowl fragments damaged the fuselage, shattering a cabin ...
Southwest Airlines is the world's largest operator of the Boeing 737. As of May 2024, the Southwest Airlines fleet consists of 815 aircraft, making it the fourth-largest commercial airline fleet in the world. All of the aircraft Southwest Airlines operates are from the Boeing 737 family of narrow-body airliners.
April 30, 2024 at 6:08 AM. Southwest Airlines' delivery of a new Nashville International Airport crew base will arrive on time despite operational hurdles this year. Southwest is also increasing ...
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Boeing 737-500 at Amarillo in 1994. Boeing 737-700 at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas in 2008. Southwest Airlines began with the March 15, 1967, incorporation of Air Southwest Co. in San Antonio by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher with the intention of being a Texas intrastate airline. The idea was King's, Kelleher was his lawyer.
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 N668SW, [2] came to rest on a city street adjacent to a gas station.