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Southwest Flight 1245 Makes Emergency Landing In Tampa

AP | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home


TAMPA, Fla. — An airline spokesman says an indicator light that warned of possible smoke aboard a Southwest Airlines flight forced the pilot to ...

Southwest Adds Charge To Board Sooner

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business


DALLAS — Your bags still fly for free on Southwest Airlines, but if you want a better chance at a window or aisle seat it's going to cost $10 ea...

Nearly Nine Percent Of Southwest Fleet Uses Unapproved Parts; FAA Investigating

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business


DALLAS — Federal officials say a maintenance company hired by Southwest Airlines used unapproved parts for repairs on some jets. The parts will...

Southwest Airlines Seeks To Acquire Denver-Based Frontier

The Denver Post | Ann Schrader | Posted 08.30.2009 | Denver


Southwest Airlines confirmed today that it has submitted a bid to acquire Denver-based Frontier Airlines. Southwest's nonbinding initial bid of "a mi...

Southwest checks planes after hole forces landing

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 08.14.2009 | Home


DALLAS — Federal safety officials are investigating how a foot-long hole opened in the top of a Southwest Airlines jet, forcing the aircraft to ...

Southwest To Start Charging For Luggage

NBC | SUSAN TAYLOR | Posted 06.30.2009 | Business


Southwest Airlines announced it would begin charging a fee for passengers who bring small pets onboard and for unaccompanied minors...

The Road From La Cueva

Sheila Ortego | Posted 06.21.2009 | Living


Sheila Ortego

Women everywhere are still afraid -- of their husbands, of themselves, their own urges, of danger, and of judgment.

Southwest Prices New Midway-To-Minneapolis Flights

Associated Press | Posted 12.07.2008 | Chicago


Twin Cities travelers are getting a look at what it will mean to have Southwest Airlines come to their town. FareCompare.com CEO Rick Seaney said on ...

Southwest Airlines posts 1st loss in 17 years

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 11.16.2008 | Business


DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. lost money for the first time in 17 years as falling oil prices forced the company to write down the value of it...

Battle For The West: Family Sues For Terrorist T-Shirt Rights

Ryan Rivera | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home


Ryan Rivera

What's a kid to do when asked to wear a patriotic red, white, and blue t-shirt to school? If you're Aurora, Colorado, fifth grader Daxx Dalton, you na...

Southwest To Cut 22 Flights At Midway

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 09.26.2008 | Chicago


Southwest Airlines Co. is eliminating 22 flights from Midway Airport, the most cuts of any city, as it adjusts its winter flight schedule to offset th...

McCain Opens Southwest HQ Amid Protests

Dawn Teo | Posted 07.09.2008 | Home


Dawn Teo

During the grand opening of the McCain Campaign Ariz. headquarters Friday, a couple of hundred supporters showed up and at least half that number protested outside in the 110 degree heat.

New Citizen Voters in Colorado

Ryan Rivera | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home


Ryan Rivera

Hundreds of thousands of new citizens will be casting their votes in November, and in the swinging Southwest, these disproportionately Latino and Democratic voters could cinch tight elections.

Southwest Grounds Dozens of Jets

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. canceled flights Wednesday and temporarily grounded 43 planes to examine if they were sound enough to carry pass...

Southwest Suspends 3 Following Safety Fine

New York Times | JEFF BAILEY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Southwest Airlines, initially combative in the face of a $10.2 million fine from the Federal Aviation Administration for inspection lapses, took a mor...

FAA Moves To Fine Southwest Airlines

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Federal regulators will seek a penalty of at least $3 million against Southwest Airlines Co. for failing to inspect older planes for cracks. The airl...

Southwest's Quirky Ways Keep It Profitable

New York Times | Jeff Bailey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Southwest Airlines, with a raucous corporate culture that is the exception in the grim airline industry, stands to look even wilder as some of its big...