Southwest Airlines News

FlightStar Aircraft Services Inc., which maintains and repairs aircraft, will expand into a new 30,000-square- foot hangar at Cecil Airport that is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2014.

Southwest Airlines recently announced the promotion of Randy Sloan to Senior Vice President as the Company's Chief Information Officer.

Cambage flew into Tulsa International Airport around 6:15 p.m. after traveling nearly 9,000 miles from her native Australia.

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Southwest Airlines will start a daily nonstop flight from Reagan National Airport to Houston Hobby Airport, taking over slots given up by Spirit Airlines when it moved its Washington-area flights to BWI/Marshall Airport last year.

You know the drill: An airline hikes its fees, and within seconds travelers vent their outrage in response.

In 1992, a young CEO named Kurt Herwald apparently gave away half a million dollars of his company's money.

Southwest Airlines announced Monday that new service between Houston Hobby and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport will begin Aug.

Wrapped in oxygen masks was not the way Sheryl Fratus thought she'd start her trip home with her son.

Southwest Airlines increased its daily flights at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport by 8 percent from May 2012 to 95 combined departing and arriving flights this month.

Summerfest has teamed up with Tap Milwaukee , the city's leading online entertainment site, and Robert Haack Diamonds to find the next big music sensation.

Boeing and Southwest Airlines announced today the launch of the 737 MAX 7, the third member of the 737 MAX family.

Southwest Airlines' Ron Ricks will speak in Wichita the day after Southwest begins its service at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.

American air travelers are happier with low-cost carriers like Frontier and Southwest Airlines than with their traditional counterparts like Delta, American, and United, a new report shows.

Habits are powerful. In fact, the difference between dreaming and doing usually hinges on habit.

Akron-Canton Airport is working to reinstate Southwest's nonstop service to Chicago's Midway, but officials say it's positioned well even without the destination.

Unlike every other major carrier, it has never filed bankruptcy. It has never sacked employees with layoffs, furloughs or pay cuts.

Ready to get away? A week after Southwest Airlines said it was coming to town, another air service is launching in the Mid-South. Southern Airways Express plans to fly from airports in Memphis and Olive Branch, with service to New Orleans, Gulf Shores, Destin, and Panama City by the end of the month.

Markets concluded their trading week by closing in the green. S&P 500 closed 0.43 percent higher at 1,633.70 while its weekly gain stood at 1.12 percent.