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Oakland airport doesn’t escape Southwest Airlines’ retrenchment

Southwest Airlines, the dominant carrier at OAK, is also considering another major change in how it operates......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 26th, 2024

Southwest will add a new nonstop destination for KCI"s summer travelers

Southwest Airlines Co. is adding a new nonstop destination at Kansas City International Airport (Code: MCI). The seasonal nonstop flight to Charleston International Airport (Code: CHS) will be available on Saturdays, starting June 13. The limited .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 12th, 2019

Southwest angles for more LaGuardia slots at expense of Delta, WestJet

Southwest Airlines is angling for more service out of New York's LaGuardia Airport, the Dallas-based carrier disclosed in a regulatory filing submitted Wednesday with the U.S. Department of Transportation. The additional service would come at the exp.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 11th, 2019

Southwest to add flights at Lambert during summer months

St. Louis Lambert International Airport's largest carrier — Southwest Airlines — is adding 14 to 22 additional daily departures this summer. The new schedule will run from June 7 tp Aug. 10. The airline's Sunday schedule will peak with 142 daily d.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 11th, 2019

Southwest VP says airline will set a new record for flights out of BWI this summer

Even as it continues to grapple with the grounding of a portion of its fleet, Southwest Airlines expects this summer at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport to be its busiest yet. In a talk with Greater Baltimore business leaders Wednesday morning, the airlin.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 20th, 2019

Southwest Airlines launches Sacramento-Honolulu route

Southwest Airlines continues to expand its Hawaii service with the addition of a new daily nonstop flight connecting Sacramento and Honolulu. The inaugural flight landed at Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Sunday afternoon,.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 11th, 2019

Southwest Airlines taps new spokesman to promote kindness

Southwest Airlines is on a kindness kick. The low-fare behemoth, which has its largest hub at Chicago’s Midway International Airport, announced on Wednesday a new partnership with Leon Logothetis, a native of Britain with a crisp accent to match. L.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 6th, 2019

Southwest to expand 2 Houston routes, add Hawaii flights in new city

Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has extended its booking schedule through June 6 of next year — which includes adding Hawaii flights from San Diego, California and expanding two routes at Houston's William P. Hobby Airport . Southwest will b.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsOct 31st, 2019

Boeing 737 MAX grounding continues to weigh on Southwest at BHM

The grounding of the Boeing (NYSE: BA) 737 MAX 8 continued to weigh on Southwest Airlines Co.'s passenger count in September. That's according to the latest data from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport While all other airlines reported.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsOct 21st, 2019

Milwaukee"s dominant airline, Southwest, ranked second best family-friendly airline in 2019

Southwest Airlines Co., which held Milwaukee's dominant market share in 2018 with 42.15% of total traffic at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, ranked second in a new study on the best airlines for families in the United States. In 2018, The .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsOct 14th, 2019

Southwest ekes out profit as bookings offset MAX groundings; Newark operations ceased

Southwest Airlines Co eked out a small profit in the second quarter on Thursday as strong bookings offset the financial blow of the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX jets, which forced the carrier to cease operations at Newark Liberty International airport......»»

Category: topSource: reutersJul 25th, 2019

2 Southwest planes out of service after Nashville collision

Two Southwest Airlines aircraft are out of service after the pair collided with one another Saturday night on the Nashville International Airport tarmac. No injuries were reported. One flight bound for Atlanta and one for St. Louis were backing up .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJul 21st, 2019

Southwest Airlines" top pilot lashes out at Boeing over Max crisis

Jon Weaks, who heads Southwest' powerful pilots union doesn't like a lot about how Boeing has handled the far-from-over Max mess......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJun 21st, 2019

Southwest Airlines to break ground on $100M maintenance hangar at DIA

Southwest Airlines will break ground on a new $100 million maintenance hangar at the Denver International Airport (DIA) in the next few months, Gary Kelly, the CEO and chairman of Southwest Airlines, announced Wednesday morning at the company’s a.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 15th, 2019

Southwest announces more Hawaii expansion

Southwest Airlines will add another airport to its network of Hawaii destinations, the airline announced this weekend. The Dallas-based carrier will introduce interisland service to Hilo International Airport at a date to be announced later. Hilo is.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 13th, 2019

AA, Southwest raise prices in first "substantive" fare increase this year, analysts say

Airline customers are seeing slightly higher ticket prices this week thanks in part to American Airlines, the dominant carrier at Charlotte Douglas International Airport......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 9th, 2019

Southwest Airlines’ service now includes interisland flights

Southwest Airlines has launched interisland service with a flight between Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu and Kahului Airport on Maui and now operates four daily flights each way. The inaugural interisland flight arrived in Honolul.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 29th, 2019

Report: Southwest Airlines pulling Boeing 737 MAX from schedules through May

Southwest Airlines wrote in a company memo Friday that it will keep Boeing 737 MAX aircraft off of its schedule through May, according to a report from Reuters. The move extends Tampa International Airport's largest carrier's— with approximately 34 per.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 1st, 2019

Southwest executive teases further Hawaii expansion

A Southwest Airlines executive teased another possible Hawaii airport the airline could service with a group of Hawaiian business leaders Wednesday. Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has already announced intentions to fly to four destinations on f.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 21st, 2019

Is Southwest Airlines heading to Europe next?

With much less fanfare on Monday afternoon, Southwest Airlines flew its first flight with passengers from Hawaii back to the mainland. Flight 6569 was scheduled to land in Oakland, Calif., at 11:00 p.m. on Monday. Southwest’s entrance into Hawaii.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 19th, 2019

Southwest brings back BWI to Newark, N.J., flight

Southwest Airlines Co. is bringing back a nonstop flight from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Newark, New Jersey. The twice-daily service begins Nov. 2. One-way fares on that date were available for $89 as of Friday .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 15th, 2019