Southwest
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Activist Investor Elliott Faces an Uphill Battle in Southwest Coup Attempt
There is no LUV for Southwest Airlines management this week as activist investor Elliott has taken more than a 10 percent stake…
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Southwest is in a Funk, But It Has a Plan
Southwest did not have a good first quarter, and that’s putting it mildly. The airline that used to crow like clockwork every…
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Southwest Inches Closer to Flying Redeyes
This is a post that probably could have been written a decade ago. After all, the idea that Southwest would eventually start…
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A Spring Training Day Trip on Southwest (Trip Report)
It was time for my annual baseball spring training trip with friends and former colleagues. I missed it last year, so I…
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Cranky on the Web: CNA Wrap and a Pod
Q&A: 1-on-1 with Southwest COO Andrew Watterson – Blue Sky NewsPittsburgh airport’s news site was able to do an interview with Southwest…
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Across the Aisle Interviews, Distribution, Operations, Podcast, Southwest, The Cranky Flier InterviewThe Cranky Flier Interview with Southwest SVP Network Planning and Network Operations Control Adam Decaire
Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Back in 2022 when Andrew Watterson moved from Chief Commercial Officer at…
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Blame the Design of Midway Airport for Southwest’s Holiday Struggles
Happy 2024 everybody! If you flew this holiday season, you probably had nothing go wrong at all. That was the case for nearly everyone……
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest’s Customer of Size Policy
No, Southwest Airlines’ ‘customer of size’ policy isn’t new – VerifyThis was a weird one that came out of left field. Why was…
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Heading to Phoenix for the World Series (Trip Report)
Game 5 of the NLCS may have been awful, but games 6 and 7 were incredible and the Diamondbacks moved on to…
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Heading to Phoenix for the NLCS (Trip Report)
It was twenty five years ago when I fell in love with baseball. I had started to show interest during college when…
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When Hawaiian Falters, Southwest Gets Me Home (Trip Report)
I left off last week with Hawaiian canceling my flight home from Kahului, and the reaccommodation options weren’t good. Fortunately for me,…
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Alaska Rolls Into Burbank From San Francisco Now That Southwest is Gone
When Alaska bought Virgin America, it was all about growing its presence in California, and part of that strategy was growth in…