Southwest
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BUR – Burbank, LAX – Los Angeles, LGB – Long Beach, ONT – Ontario, SAN – San Diego, SNA – Orange County, SouthwestSouthwest’s Southern California Shifts
Southwest has come to dominate in Southern California, as we learned yesterday, but the airline has changed a lot in the last…
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How Southwest Came to Dominate Southern California
When people talk about the airline industry in California, you’ll hear about all the airlines fighting at LAX or United’s dominance in…
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Southwest Reshuffles, Shrinks Hawaiʻi Flying Again
Southwest filed its spring break schedule last week, extending its booking window from ending March 10 to April 5. This was a…
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A Closer Look at Southwest’s Hawaiian Operation
In yesterday’s discussion about Hawaiian’s planned replacement for the B717 on interisland trips, I mentioned how Southwest uses a model that flows…
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Southwest Quietly Blows Up Its Succession Plan
In what is probably a dramatic understatement, Southwest has faced a great deal of change over the last couple of years. I…
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The Two Airlines That Had the Best Q1
I’ve been so focused on Spirit lately, I’ve been neglecting some of the broader industry stories. With Frontier having finally reported its…
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Southwest Marginalizes Its Worst Onboard Experience
When I wrote about my recent trip on Southwest, the comment section had plenty of discussion around the problem of the Southwest…
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Flying the New Southwest is Quite Good, But It’s Not Fully Rolled Out (Trip Report)
It had to happen sometime. Eventually, I would fly on the new Southwest and have my assigned seat all ready to go.…
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Southwest Switches Back to Open Seating
Well, that was quick. After just over two months of having assigned seating onboard, Southwest has decided to revert back to its…
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Southwest Leaves O’Hare and Dulles
During the pandemic, Southwest had a plan. It thought it could reliably serve the primary airport in cities where it already had…
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It’s Time to Appreciate The New Southwest
Today on The Air Show podcast, we released an interview with Southwest COO Andrew Watterson and CFO Tom Doxey. You should listen…
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Elliott Starts to Sell Its Southwest Stake
There are an enormous number of filings that public companies have to make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). They are…