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Southwest To Expand Flights From LaGuardia and San Diego

December 24, 2013 by GroundCrew Leave a Comment

Southwest To Expand Flights From LaGuardia and San Diego

Southwest Airlines, the largest US domestic air carrier, will increase its flights between New York’s LaGuardia Airport and San Diego Airport (CA) in Summer 2014. The airline will launch six additional flights from LaGuardia beginning May 11. These include two roundtrip flights between LaGuardia and Houston/Hobby (for a total of four daily), two additional flights between…read more >>>

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Southwest To Join TSA PreCheck Program

October 23, 2013 by GroundCrew 2 Comments

Southwest To Join TSA PreCheck Program

Southwest Airlines, the largest domestic carrier in the United States by passenger numbers, is expected to participate in the PreCheck expedited program of the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in mid-November. TSA PreCheck allows expedited security screening of select frequent fliers of participating airlines as well as travelers who are members of the US Customs and…read more >>>

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Southwest Starts Work On Its International Terminal

October 12, 2013 by GroundCrew Leave a Comment

Southwest Starts Work On Its International Terminal

Construction work on the first international terminal of Southwest Airlines, the largest domestic airline in the US as well as the world, started at Houston Hobby Airport in Texas in October 2013. Southwest will operate flights to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America from the airport when the new terminal opens in late-2015.…read more >>>

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Southwest Adopts New Refund Rules

September 18, 2013 by GroundCrew Leave a Comment

Southwest Airlines adopted new No Show ticket refund rules on September 13, 2013. Passengers are now required to cancel their nonrefundable tickets at least  10 minutes before their scheduled departure times to be eligible for refunds.  The remaining funds can then be used for a new flight. The modifications to flight itineraries can be made free…read more >>>

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The Effect Of Southwest To Lower Fares Is Waning

August 21, 2013 by GroundCrew Leave a Comment

Southwest Airlines’ ability to reduce fares in the US domestic air travel market has reduced over the last six years, according to a 2013 MIT study. Other low cost airlines such as JetBlue and ultra-low cost carriers such as Spirit and Allegiant have much more price moderating impact on the routes where they operate, according…read more >>>

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Survey: Best Airline Frequent Flier Programs

July 22, 2013 by GroundCrew Leave a Comment

The frequent flier programs of Alaska Airlines and Southwest were ranked the highest in a recent survey that ranked airlines’ frequent flier programs on the basis of award redemption satisfaction. The survey by business travel site, Frequent Business Traveler and online travel community, FlyerTalk, rated Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan to be the best for the second consecutive year.…read more >>>

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Southwest Tops List For Best Reward Seat Availability

July 19, 2013 by GroundCrew Leave a Comment

Southwest Tops List For Best Reward Seat Availability

Southwest Airlines, the biggest US domestic carrier, has been ranked first alongside German airline airberlin and Virgin Australia in an annual reward seat availability survey of world airlines. The three airlines shared the top position with a reward seat availability score of 100 percent. Southwest was in the top position for the fourth consecutive year in…read more >>>

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Southwest Introduces Penguin One Themed Airplane

July 14, 2013 by GroundCrew Leave a Comment

Southwest Introduces Penguin One Themed Airplane

Southwest Airlines and theme park company SeaWorld have introduced Penguin One, a Boeing 737-700 featuring the images of penguins on its exterior. The specially painted aircraft features gentoo penguins. Gentoos are one of the penguin species at SeaWorld Orlando’s new Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin exhibit. The aircraft was unveiled at a ceremony at Orlando International…read more >>>

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Southwest Launches Live In-Flight TV

July 9, 2013 by GroundCrew Leave a Comment

Southwest Launches Live In-Flight TV

Southwest airlines, in partnership with pay-TV provider DISH, has launched free live in-flight TV streaming on passengers’ personal devices such as tablets and smartphones on its WiFi equipped flights. Southwest passengers using Apple iPhones, iPads and iPod touch devices as well as most other Internet-ready tablets and smartphones will now have free access to live TV and…read more >>>

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Airlines Embrace Social Media On Vine

July 7, 2013 by GroundCrew Leave a Comment

Airlines Embrace Social Media On Vine

Many major airlines have decided to mark their presence early on the recently launched social media short-video sharing app, Vine. Vine, owned by Twitter, allows users to post and share an up to seven second long video clip through social media networks such as Twitter or Facebook. Vine is available for both iPhone and Android.…read more >>>

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AA, Apps, Delta, Social, Southwest, Virgin America

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