Southwest Airlines is an American low fare airline based in Dallas, Texas. It is the largest airline in the United States by number of passengers carried domestically and the third largest airline in the world by number of passengers carried. Southwest Airlines is one of the world’s most profitable airlines.
Southwest Airlines is a publicly traded company on New York stock exchange – NYSE: LUV
In early 1971, Air Southwest changed its name to Southwest Airlines, and the first flight was on June 18, 1971. Its first flights were from Love Field in Dallas to Houston and San Antonio, short hops with no-frills service and a simple fare structure, features that became the basis for Southwest’s popularity and rapid growth in the coming years.
The start of service in June 1971 was accomplished with three 737-200 aircraft that had been obtained from Boeing on favorable terms, and a fourth aircraft was obtained in September of 1971.
Southwest Airlines currently flies to 63 destinations throughout the United States. However, when the airline adds new service to San Francisco, California in the fall of 2007, this number will increase to 64.
Current Southwest Airlines destinations include
Alabama
* Birmingham (Birmingham International Airport)
Arizona
* Phoenix (Sky Harbor International Airport) Focus City
* Tucson (Tucson International Airport)
Arkansas
* Little Rock (Little Rock National Airport)
California
* Burbank (Bob Hope Airport)
* Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport) Focus City
* Oakland (Oakland International Airport) Focus City
* Ontario (Ontario International Airport)
* Orange County (John Wayne Airport)
* Sacramento (Sacramento International Airport)
* San Diego (San Diego International Airport) Focus City
* San Francisco (San Francisco International Airport) Future Service to start in late 2007
* San Jose (San Jose International Airport)
Colorado
* Denver (Denver International Airport)
Connecticut
* Hartford/Springfield (Bradley International Airport)
District of Columbia
See Maryland and Virginia for Washington, D.C. service
Florida
* Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport)
* Fort Myers (Southwest Florida International Airport)
* Jacksonville (Jacksonville International Airport)
* Orlando (Orlando International Airport) Focus City
* Palm Beach (Palm Beach International Airport)
* Tampa (Tampa International Airport)
Idaho
* Boise (Boise Airport)
Illinois
* Chicago (Chicago Midway International Airport) Focus City
Indiana
* Indianapolis (Indianapolis International Airport)
Kentucky
* Louisville (Louisville International Airport)
Louisiana
* New Orleans (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport)
Maryland
* Baltimore (Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport) Focus City
Massachusetts
See Rhode Island and New Hampshire for Boston service
See Connecticut for Springfield service
Michigan
* Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
Mississippi
* Jackson (Jackson International Airport)
Missouri
* Kansas City (Kansas City International Airport)
* St. Louis (Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport)
Nebraska
* Omaha (Eppley Airfield)
Nevada
* Las Vegas (McCarran International Airport) Focus City
* Reno (Reno-Tahoe International Airport)
New Hampshire
* Manchester (Manchester-Boston Regional Airport)
New Mexico
* Albuquerque (Albuquerque International Sunport)
New York
* Albany (Albany International Airport)
* Buffalo (Buffalo Niagara International Airport)
* Long Island/Islip (Long Island MacArthur Airport)
North Carolina
* Raleigh-Durham (Raleigh-Durham International Airport)
Ohio
* Cleveland (Cleveland Hopkins International Airport)
* Columbus (Port Columbus International Airport)
Oklahoma
* Oklahoma City (Will Rogers World Airport)
* Tulsa (Tulsa International Airport)
Oregon
* Portland (Portland International Airport)
Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia (Philadelphia International Airport)
* Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh International Airport)
Rhode Island
* Providence (T. F. Green Airport)
Tennessee
* Nashville (Nashville International Airport)
Texas
* Amarillo (Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport)
* Austin (Austin Bergstrom International Airport)
* Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi International Airport)
* Dallas (Dallas Love Field) Focus City
* El Paso (El Paso International Airport)
* Harlingen/South Padre Island (Valley International Airport)
* Houston (William P. Hobby Airport) Focus City
* Lubbock (Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport)
* Midland/Odessa (Midland International Airport)
* San Antonio (San Antonio International Airport)
Utah
* Salt Lake City (Salt Lake City International Airport)
Virginia
* Dulles (Washington Dulles International Airport)
* Norfolk (Norfolk International Airport)
Washington
* Seattle (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport)
* Spokane (Spokane International Airport)
