Southwest Airlines News

Southwest Airlines passengers heading to Albuquerque, N.M., Sunday morning were evacuated from the plane after it clipped wings with a Fed Ex cargo plane.

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Jamie Allen, 9, of Liberty, Mo. held on to her teddy bear named "Scout" and a rabbit named "Bun Bun" while waiting with her mother Leigh Ann Conatser and grandmother Connie Conatser to board a flight to Nashville for Thanksgiving.

Airline food. No, that's not the punchline to a joke. Air carriers serve meals, and where there's food, there can't be a restaurant critic too far behind.

Billions of dollars and scores of top engineers with the world's largest aerospace company couldn't get it to fly.

How is that possible? For one, demand is expected to tick down. The Air Transport Association of America , an industry trade association, foresees a 4% year-over-year decrease in the number of passengers traveling on U.S. airlines during the 2009 Thanksgiving holiday season.

Airlines flying only full flights these days is creating a predicament for overweight travelers.

Construction of the $63 million terminal complex at the new Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport should be back on schedule by the end of this month, officials said.

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 and TDC officials met in Dallas on Wednesday to ink an agreement that will put local bed-tax muscle behind the low-cost carrier's efforts to market the allure of Bay County and its beaches.

Commercial airlines in the United States - including Southwest Airlines Co. and American Airlines Inc.

In a Nov. 16 story about the U.S. holdings of private equity firm Blackstone Group, The Associated Press erroneously reported the type of securities the company purchased related to Southwest Airlines.

Southwest Airlines is one of the only airlines that does not charge for checked luggage.

Greenville Spartanburg International Airport is still in serious negotiations with Southwest Airlines, despite the company's decision to start service in Panama City, Fla., according to airport spokeswoman Rosilyn Weston.

Private equity firm Blackstone Group, run by co-founder Stephen Schwarzman, bought a $7.8 million stake in Southwest Airlines Co., cut its stake in Eastman Kodak Co.

Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport has fallen back onto the government's list for costliest air travel, while another airport in the Southeast is the latest to catch the big fish that is Southwest Airlines.

That meant that occupancy, also known as load factor, rose 3.4 percentage points to 77 percent.

A Southwest Airlines 737 takes off from Midway Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 in Chicago.

Southwest Airlines is landing new customers with its "bags fly free" strategy, even as passenger volume declines at other airlines.

Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways attract passengers who want to save money on airplane travel.