From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu’s Airport Check-in column: “Southwest Airlines is remodeling airport gates it uses to facilitate a new boarding procedure. Last week, the carrier unveiled the new look at its home airport, Dallas Love Field, and plans…
ATA Airlines will end scheduled service to both Washington Reagan National and New York LaGuardia airports by the beginning of January, ATA COO Gary Ellmer says in an internal memo obtained by Today in the Sky. ATA’s service from Chicago…
Southwest Airlines is in the news for a fashion flap for the second time in as many months. The latest incident comes from Columbus, where an airline manager instructed a Tampa-bound passenger “to change his sexually suggestive T-shirt, turn it…
“Have airline employees replaced high school deans as the arbiters of appropriate dress, or have skimpily-clad passengers forced flight attendants to act like Mother?” That’s the question being asked by The Associated Press, which writes that a second woman has…
“Mark it down in the annals of corporate American history. On July 3, 2007, Southwest Airlines officially turned middle-aged.” That’s from Dallas Morning News (free registration) business columnist Cheryl Hall, who writes “that’s the day that the airline built on…
Southwest is offering a 2-for-1 frequent-flier promotion for Rapid Rewards members who fly paid long-distance flights on the carrier, according to webflyer.com. Now through Nov. 15, customers who fly two trips of at least 1,250 miles will earn a free…
More than 600 Southwest employees accepted a buyout offer to leave the company, The Associated Press reports. The airline announced in July that it would make the early-out offer to about 25% of its workforce, a move meant to lower…
In addition to Southwest’s announcement that it would slow growth and unveil a new boarding/seating method (see below), the airline also said it would adjust its route network to maximize profits. In a press release, the carrier said that through…
Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said this morning that the airline would unveil a new boarding/seating method during the fourth quarter of this year. No further details were immediately offered about exactly what the new method would be. Kelly’s comments came…
Baltimore could be one of Southwest’s first international gateways once that carrier begins selling international tickets through its partner airlines. The Baltimore Sun (free registration) writes that Southwest expects to offer connections to Europe through Baltimore-Washington International … by 2010,…