
Southwest Airlines serves 59 cities, 60 airports and 31 states in the U.S. Company and website information, link to online reservations.
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Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines serves 58 cities, 59 airports and 30 states (59 cities, 60 airports, and 31 states when we add Philadelphia in May, 2004) from coast to coast and border to border.
Southwest Airlines has grown from a small Texas carrier at our inception in 1971 to the 4th largest airline in the U.S. in terms of passengers carried! In addition to the usual public policy issues that affect all businesses at the state and local level, airlines have a unique relationship: all airports we serve are owned by state or local governments.
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For fourth quarter 2003, passenger revenue generated by online bookings reached 57 percent. In 2003 Southwest reported that approximately 54 percent of its passenger revenue that year was generated by online bookings via southwest.com.
Southwest was the first airline to establish a home page on the Internet. Initially, five Employees comprised Southwest's web site development team, and the site took about nine months to create. Southwest.com is the number one airline website for sales and revenue.
The 'Southwest Shortcut' feature on southwest.com is the first online tool that helps Customers find the lowest fare based on availability for a full month.
On May 30, 2002, the Jupiter Media Metrix named Southwest the airline that best utilizes the Internet and provides brand synergy between its main line and online presence.