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Southwest Airlines is one of the most honored airlines in the world. Among Southwest's recent honors was being named to Business Week's first ever list of "Customer Service Champs," which ranks the best providers of Customer Service. For eight years in a row, Southwest Airlines was named to Business Ethics magazine's list as one of America's "100 Best Corporate Citizens" for excelling at serving a variety of stakeholders and for leadership roles in corporate citizenship. In September of 2007, Southwest Airlines ranked in the top 100, number 31 to be exact, on the 2007 InformationWeek 500, an annual listing that honors the most innovative business technology organizations. And, for an impressive eleven consecutive years, FORTUNE magazine recognized Southwest Airlines as number five among America's Top Ten most admired corporations.
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July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) is teaming with IBM to offer the first of more than 250 airport self-service checkin kiosks that will be available nationwide. The first RAPID CHECK-IN kiosks are operating at Dallas' Love Field airport, with additional kiosks planned for San Antonio, Phoenix, Nashville, Houston Hobby, Chicago Midway, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, Sacramento, Orlando, and Baltimore/Washington.
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Everyday the hard-working and harried employees of Southwest Airlines interact with thousands of weary, giddy, fussy, confused, grumpy, and sometimes genuinely nice travelers. The results are pure entertainment, full of all-too-real drama and unexpected comedy. From smelly passengers, weather delays, and gospel singers to tired executives, howling children and celebrity sightings, each fast-paced episode of AIRLINE captures the unforgettable and oh-so-familiar realities of flying. At the same time, the behind-the-scenes views of America's fourth largest carrier bring a truly new appreciation for getting there at all.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines showered the Bay Area today with LUV as it launched service from San Francisco International Airport (SFO). In addition to letting the LUV shine and showing the City its heart, the airline ... announced a new destination it will serve from SFO, beginning Nov. 4. To see Southwest Airlines' full SFO schedule or to book a flight to or from SFO or Southwest's other Bay Area airports, visit: http://www.southwest.com/?src=PR_SFO_082707
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In contrast, Southwest Airlines has been the most profitable of airline companies since 1970. Indeed, some sources have calculated Southwest to be the best performing stock over the period, outperforming Microsoft and many other high performing companies. The chief reasons for this are their product consistency and cost control.
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DALLAS, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines will be the first US carrier to test satellite-delivered broadband Internet access on multiple aircraft. With this innovation, Southwest Customers with a wi-fi enabled device will have full access to the Internet including e-mail, music, shopping, and virtual private networks (VPN) via a high-speed connection. Southwest Airlines is partnering with Southern California-based Row 44 and hopes to begin testing Internet capabilities on four aircraft this summer.
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