Southwest Airlines Co. · Dallas, TX United States (NYSE: LUV)

Southwest Airlines Co. Rankings

#205 in FORTUNE 500 (May 2011)

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Company Description

Southwest Airlines will fly any plane, as long as it's a Boeing 737, and let passengers sit anywhere they like, as long as they get there first. Sticking with what has worked, Southwest has expanded its low-cost, no-frills, no-reserved-seats approach to air travel throughout the US to serve almost 70 cities in more than 35 states. Now among the leading US airlines, Southwest still stands as an inspiration for scrappy low-fare upstarts the world over. The carrier has enjoyed 38 straight profitable years, amid the airline industry's ups and downs. Southwest's fleet numbers about 550 aircraft. The company acquired AirTran Holdings, the parent company of AirTran Airways, in 2011 for about $3.2 billion.

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189 executives listed for Southwest Airlines Co.'s Dallas, TX location.

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• AMR Corporation
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