Southwest Airlines News

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.

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)

'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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.