Southwest Airlines announced fourth quarter earnings and its 29th consecutive year of profitability for year-end 2001. The airlines stock exchange symbol is LUV, chosen to represent their home at Dallas Love field as well as the theme of their employee and customer relationships. The airline, once viewed as a maverick, is now seen as a model in an industry struggling for survival since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Three decades ago, Southwest Airlines reinvented air travel with its no-reserved-seats, no-frills, low-cost approach and groundbreaking, innovative management style. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University and the University of Nebraska's Omaha Aviation Institute.

Southwest also earned top ranking in the National Aviation Quality Rating study, conducted annually at the W.

Fortune magazine has consistently rated Southwest as one of the top ten places to work and one of the most admired companies and airlines in the world. The airline maintains the lowest operating cost structure of any airline as well as economical fares.įiscal year 2001 marked Southwest's 29th consecutive year of profitability. Customers can rest assured of flying the friendliest skies because Southwest has one of best overall productivity, service, and safety records in the industry. Today, Southwest flies 57 million passengers a year to 57 cities all over the Southwest and beyond, on over 2,700 flights a day. The fledgling carrier's business then took off, with Southwest becoming the fourth largest domestic airline. Southwest was established in 1971 with three Boeing 737 aircraft serving three Texas cities: Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. is the United States' only major carrier that provides short haul, high frequency, point-to-point low fare service. Headquarters: 2702 love field dr.dallas, tx 75235-1611

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