Business
June 24, 2021
How Gary Kelly Changed Southwest Airlines
The longtime CEO is stepping down. With apologies to Herb Kelleher, it's Kelly who may be the most successful chief executive in the company’s history.
Southwest
Business
June 3, 2021
Hot Pants, Love Potions, and the Go-go Genesis of Southwest Airlines
Fifty years ago this month, the Dallas-based carrier first took flight. It’s reflecting on its past as it confronts a pandemic-shaped future.
Business
October 30, 2020
Will Southwest Airlines Lose That Lovin’ Feelin’?
Travel demand has cratered because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Dallas-based carrier has made recent significant shifts to cope.
The National Podcast of Texas
June 4, 2020
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly Yearns for the Days When We Argued About Reclining Seats
On the National Podcast of Texas, the leader of the beleaguered, but beloved, Dallas carrier on what it will take to survive the pandemic.
Texas History
November 11, 2019
“We Cannot Forget About Them”: A Southwest Pilot Brings His Father’s Remains Home to Dallas
Roy Knight Jr. was killed in action in Vietnam, and his remains were missing for decades. Now his family has finally found closure.
News & Politics
January 4, 2019
How Herb Kelleher Made the World a Whole Lot Smaller
The Southwest Airlines cofounder was a pioneering entrepreneur who changed the way we travel. He was also a world-class wit, a bon vivant, and a not-so-closet intellectual.
The Culture
August 21, 2018
You Can Bring Your Trained Service Miniature Horse on Southwest Flights
The company’s new service animal policy has been making headlines.
Style & Design
December 1, 2017
Kendra Scott Surprises a Southwest Airlines Flight
It’s jewelry, yellow eye masks, and free drinks for everyone as the designer celebrates her billion-dollar year with passengers.
The Daily Post
October 30, 2017
Southwest has Found a New Way to Make Air Travel Annoying
In-flight live music is the definition of a captive audience.
Business
June 2, 2017
Southwest is Testing a New Way to Get Off of Airplanes
Sitting at the back of the plane may no longer be a curse.
Business
April 17, 2014
It’s Been a Weird Week to Be an Airline
Flight attendants go viral with comedy routines, official Twitter accounts go viral with porn, and emergency landings ahoy. What's going on in the skies?
The Daily Post
January 24, 2014
Texas Business Report: Neiman Marcus Spending Spree
The Dallas-based retailer alerted customers that hackers stole as many as 1.1 million credit and debit card numbers, a much larger figure than previous thought.
Trolling
January 2, 2014
14 Predictions about 2014
What’s Ahead for Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, George Strait, Jerry Jones and other Texans.
Business
October 25, 2013
Texas Business Report: Making a Killing In the Funeral Industry
America's leading death-care provider, based in Houston, charges 42% more for its traditional funeral services; Torchy's taco is suing the Texas Taco Company; bags might not fly free at Southwest; and more.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Teen Forced to Make Public Apology After Cutting a Southwest Flight Line
A line-jumping Westlake teenager learned a very public lesson in courtesy on a Southwest flight.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Southwest Cracks Down on Cleavage
A naturally large-chested woman in a sundress didn't feel the "LUV" from Southwest when a gate agent dubbed her cleavage-revealing outfit "inappropriate."
Business
January 21, 2013
International Flights from Hobby Airport to Start in 2015
Houston Hobby is set to become an international airport after the Houston City Council voted to allow Southwest to build an international terminal to fly to Latin America.
Business
January 21, 2013
Will Hobby Become an International Airport?
United and Southwest are squabbling over whether Houston Hobby should become an international airport. Which airline will prevail?
Business
January 21, 2013
Meet Warrior One, Southwest’s Newest (and Biggest) Plane
The airline unveiled its new 737-800 aircrafts, which have more seats and will allow for longer flights. First takeoff is scheduled for April 11.
Business
January 20, 2013
A Boy and His Airline
No kid ever had more fun with his favorite toy than Herb Kelleher has in running Southwest Airlines.
March 28, 2012
March Madness: Airline Edition
One year, three inappropriate rants abroad airplanes in Texas. What's in the air?
Critters
February 8, 2012
Penguins on a Plane: Meet Southwest’s Feathered Frequent Flyers
Passengers snapped pictures and took video of a pair of Magellanic penguins toddling down an airplane's aisle on a recent flight from Orlando to New York.
Business
December 22, 2011
The Week in Business: Profits, Losses, and Everything in Between
Valero doesn't get a break, Southwest lands a new fleet, and Star Wars fanatics rejoice.
Reporter
April 1, 1995
Bad Air Days
Pollution from Mexico is already plaguing West Texas—and it's only going to get worse.
Business
November 1, 1990
Ad Men at War
How the battle for the Southwest Airlines account turned into a long-awaited showdown between Texas’s two top agencies.