
Southwest Airlines thinks about big future
At 45 years in business, Southwest has become one of the world’s largest airlines, and its CEO is dreaming of more.

At 45 years in business, Southwest has become one of the world’s largest airlines, and its CEO is dreaming of more.

Southwest Airlines announced yesterday a service that allows passengers to pay with their Amazon account onboard their Wi-Fi equipped aircraft. It lets passengers purchase WiFi, movies and messages without using
Southwest Airlines will have a major announcement this morning, including plans for the future—and a new look for its planes, nearly solid blue with red and yellow stripes at the tail and wingtips. The look was supposed to be secret, but blog…
Two gates at Dallas’ Love Field that American was required to give up as part of its merger deal will go to Virgin America, which will shift its Dallas operations there from DFW. They’re adding flights between Love and SFO, LAX, and Washington Reagan…
Denver-based Frontier Airlines, whose goal is to become an “ultra low-cost” carrier, has dropped its fares by about 12% (which works out to about 18% below Southwest on competing routes). The fare cuts come with a big “but” but with no…

There are only two domestic airlines in the US that don’t charge for checked bags — Southwest and JetBlue. Will Southwest start charging a baggage fee?