Southwest Airlines Co.
News and overview for Southwest Airlines Co.
Southwest Airlines sees 2010 capacity flat to '09 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 18 hours 24 minutes ago
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Southwest Airlines October traffic up 1.9% - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 17 days 20 hours 52 minutes ago
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Southwest Airlines CEO: the worst is not behind us - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 19 hours ago
Oil rises on drop in gasoline inventories
Southwest Airlines credit rating is lowered at S&P - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 19 hours 16 minutes ago
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Southwest Airlines posts narrower quarterly loss - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 22 hours 8 minutes ago
Excluding one-time items, the company said it earned $23 million, or 3 cents a share, in the period. On average, analysts polled by FactSet Research expected Southwest to break even.
Southwest Airlines changes board election rules
Yahoo! | 2 hours 28 minutes ago
DALLAS – Southwest Airlines Co. said Friday it will require uncontested candidates for its board of directors to win a majority among shareholder votes cast to be elected, instead of just a plurality.
J.P. Morgan upgrades AirTran, downgrades Southwest - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 22 hours 36 minutes ago
Gold edges higher as dollar slides vs. euro
Airlines set to post a round of quarterly losses - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 20 hours 35 minutes ago
But now that they have the cash to survive, Wall Street will be looking for signs they will also grow and thrive. Airlines kick off the industry's earning season next week, and analysts and investors are hoping to see signs that forward bookings, particularly among business travelers, are starting to tick upwards.
Airline stocks slip, Southwest downgraded by S&P - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 19 hours 53 minutes ago
The NYSE Arca Airline Index /quotes/comstock/10t!xal.x (XAL 28.69, -0.22, -0.76%) was at last glance 0.2% lower at 28.86 points, in step with the equities market's other main indexes.
Airline stocks rise, Southwest narrows loss - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 20 hours 45 minutes ago
Dow industrials off 14 points, or 0.1%, at 10,002
Airline stocks fall as oil tops $80 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 4 days 20 hours 5 minutes ago
Drug stocks mixed; Vivus jumps on study
Southwest Airlines changes rules to require majority for election in uncontested board races
Sun (Baltimore), The | 2 days 10 hours 17 minutes ago
Southwest Airlines Co. said Friday it will require uncontested candidates for its board of directors to win a majority among shareholder votes cast to be elected, instead of just a plurality.
Southwest Airlines Reports October Traffic [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 17 days 15 hours 7 minutes ago
...DALLAS, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. announced today that the Company flew 6...releases on Southwest, are available online at southwest.com. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS...
Airline stocks; demand erosion takes a break - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 17 days 18 hours 32 minutes ago
At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index /quotes/comstock/10t!xal.x (XAL 24.27, +0.32, +1.34%) rose 1.7% to 24.35 with all but two of its 13 components climbing higher.
Southwest Airlines Reports Third Quarter Financial Results [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 38 days 18 hours 27 minutes ago
...and June 30, 2009. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT...734 Diluted 742 736 741 739 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. RECONCILIATION OF REPORTED...Impact from Fuel Contracts SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. RECONCILIATION OF IMPACT...
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Company Overview
| Company: | Southwest Airlines Co. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Airlines |
| Website: | http://www.southwest.com |
Southwest Airlines will fly any plane, as long as it's a Boeing 737, and let passengers sit anywhere they like, as long as they get there first. Sticking with what has worked, Southwest has expanded its low-cost, no-frills, no-reserved-seats approach to air travel throughout the US to serve about 65 cities in more than 30 states. Now among the leading US airlines, Southwest nevertheless stands as an inspiration for scrappy low-fare upstarts the world over. The carrier has enjoyed 35 straight profitable years amid the airline industry's ups and downs. In August 2009 Southwest made a move to expand westward when it placed a $170 million bid to buy troubled airline Frontier, but the bid was rejected.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 11,023 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 11.8 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 178 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | -72.4 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 35,499 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 3.3 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |