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1 hr ago | Your News Now

Southwest Airlines offers honor flight for fallen soldier

Southwest Airlines is offering a hero flight Wednesday to transport Lieutenant Colonel Todd Clark's body to its final resting place, in San Antonio, Texas.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines

3 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle

Kansas WWII vets will fly Wednesday to Washington, D.C.

Forty-five World War II veterans will fly out of Wichita on Wednesday to visit their memorial and other sights in Washington, D.C. The veterans will leave on a Southwest Airlines flight from Mid-Continent Airport at 6:10 a.m. and will return Friday at 1:45 p.m. The nine other veterans who are part of the trip will fly out of Kansas City ... (more)

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Related Topix: Kansas, Wichita, KS, Transportation, Airlines, Hutchinson, KS

7 hrs ago | AmericanBankingNews.com

CRT Capital Reiterates Buy Rating for Southwest Airlines

's stock had its "buy" rating reiterated by analysts at CRT Capital in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines

9 hrs ago | Examiner.com

HWAC awards Southwest Airlines with prestigious Humane Award

Good news spreads fast! Nearly every orphaned pet taken to Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe, California, after Hurricane Sandy has now settled happily into new forever homes.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, Linda, CA

12 hrs ago | Business Journal

Memphis Chamber plots to woo Southwest Air

The chamber is working with the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Mid-South Air Service Task Force have set a goal to sign up 50,000 new Southwest Rapid Rewards members by Nov. 30. This rewards program is a key indicator to Southwest that their flights are being well-received in the market and could help entice it to offer more service.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Charleston Daily Mail

Service to Dallas should help commerce

Houston, we have no problem. The daily flight between the nation's oil capital and the capital of West Virginia will continue as long as United Airlines is happy.

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Related Topix: West Virginia, Transportation, Airlines, AirTran Holdings, Charleston, WV, Beckley, WV, Opinion

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Investopedia

United Expands Flat-Bed Facility - Analyst Blog

United initially offered the facilities on flights from the airports of New York City.

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Related Topix: Airlines, United Airlines, World News, Japan, us Travel, Transportation, Travel, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Insider Monkey

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL), Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV): Airline...

According to a recent study from the International Air Transport Association , U.S. airlines' revenue will be 20% higher than what was forecasted a quarter earlier.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Delta Air Lines, World News, South Africa

Business Journal

United scores April's best on-time rate of DIA's big 3 airlines; Southwest has fewest complaints

A United Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Denver International Airport on June 10. This was the jet that flew the first nonstop flight from DIA to Tokyo.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, Transportation, Airlines, Denver, CO

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Business Journal

Airport flights up but passenger count down in April

Southwest Airlines has added flights from Houston to Pittsburgh, and it's boosted the number of flights at Pittsburgh International Airport.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, JetBlue Airways

Benzinga

Short Interest Rises in Delta, Falls in U.S. Airways

Delta Air Lines , Southwest Airlines and U.S. Airways had the largest swings in short interest in the U.S. airline industry between the May 15 and May 31 settlement dates.

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Related Topix: US Airways Group, Transportation, Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Alaska Air Group

Eastern Daily Press

Deal help Swaffham firm's turnover aim

The deal will see it retrofitting its SafTglo lighting system on the Dallas-based firm's fleet of Boeing 737-300s.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 737, Aircraft, Transportation, Airlines

Examiner.com

Father's Day gift ideas

If he is in need of a well deserved vacation Southwest Airlines has $49, $99, $129 and $149 fares.

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Austin American-Statesman

Southwest passenger recalls 'really bizarre' flight

Members of the bomb squad walk off a Southwest Airlines plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after the FBI said a telephoned bomb threat against a Southwest flight from Los Angeles to Austin led to the plane being diverted to Phoenix on Monday.

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Related Topix: Airlines, Transportation, US Military, US Air Force, Sky Harbor International Airport, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Austin, TX, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing 737, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Offbeat

Tue Jun 11, 2013

Online Travel Review

2 Free Tickets Deal Is Back for Chase Southwest Visa Cards

From time-to-time Chase offers a 50,000 point bonus on their 4 Southwest Airlines credit cards.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Travel

The Austinist

A Los Angeles To Austin Flight Was Grounded After A 'Telephonic Bomb Threat' Last Night

Southwest Airlines flight 2675 left Los Angeles for Austin around 2:12 p.m. Pacific standard time yesterday and was forced, with F-16 escorts from Tucson's Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, to make an emergency landing in Phoenix around 3 p.m. after a bomb threat was phoned in, FBI officials said.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Tucson, AZ, US Military, US Air Force, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

Sys-Con Media

Southwest Airlines And AirTran Airways Offer Fares Starting At $49...

But that's not all! The airline also announced a limited-time sale on hotels in hot destinations, rental cars from Dollar Rent A Car, and even Southwest Vacations Packages! Fares are falling fast and they won't be around for long.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, AirTran Holdings

WBKO-TV Bowling Green

No Bomb Found Aboard LA-to-Texas Southwest Flight

Southwest Airlines says passengers on a plane diverted to Phoenix because of a bomb threat have been flown to their original destination on another plane.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines

MyFoxAtlanta

Bomb-sniffing dogs searching diverted plane

Bomb-sniffing dogs and explosive experts are combing through a Southwest Airlines flight that diverted to Phoenix when a threat to the plane was called in.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Boat Disaster

Mon Jun 10, 2013

KTVN Reno

Threat forces LA-to-Texas flight to land in Ariz.

A "telephonic bomb threat" against a Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas, resulted in the plane being diverted to Phoenix on Monday afternoon, the FBI said.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, US Military, US Air Force, Sky Harbor International Airport, Austin, TX

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