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DALLAS, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, Ellen Torbert, was honored today with the Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award. This award, presented by the Women's Transportation Seminar San Francisco Bay Area (WTS), honors women and organizations that have made a significant contribution in promoting diversity and cultural awareness within their organization, the transportation industry, or in a project/activity that...
DALLAS, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) recently announced the promotion of Randy Sloan to Senior Vice President as the Company's Chief Information Officer. Sloan, 50, joined the carrier in March of 2012 and immediately assumes the new role. "Randy has brought a renewed energy to the People of Technology and has made a positive and lasting difference in advancing Technology's work agenda, and establishing a new operating model for us," said Jeff Lamb,...
Spirit Airlines Lands at Bottom of the List with Poor Satisfaction Scores across the Board YONKERS, N.Y., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Virgin America soared to the top of the latest Consumer Reports ratings of airlines in its debut appearance on the list, receiving some the highest satisfaction scores CR has seen in years. Consumer Reports' airline ratings are based on a survey of 16,663 subscribers conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center. Survey...
CHICAGO, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for INTC, ESRX, LUV, NXPI, and TIVO. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120712/CG39046) To see what our analysts have discovered about these stocks read the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alerts at http://www.investorsobserver.com/pr/52020131 (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.) Today's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks:...
Airline Offers Introductory Fares of $149 One-Way to Celebrate Nonstop Route DALLAS, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) announced today that new service between Houston Hobby and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport will begin Aug. 4, 2013. The airline initially will operate one daily roundtrip flight between the two cities. To celebrate the new service, the carrier announced introductory $149 one-way fares between Houston and Washington, DC...
- Southwest converts existing 30 Next-Generation 737 orders to 737 MAX 7s SEATTLE, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Southwest Airlines announced today the launch of the 737 MAX 7, the third member of the 737 MAX family. The Dallas-based carrier and launch customer for the 737 MAX program became the first airline to order the 737 MAX 7, when it converted 30 existing orders for Next-Generation 737s into orders for the 737 MAX 7. Southwest also exercised options to...
Declared 147th Consecutive Quarterly Dividend DALLAS, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) (the "Company") returns value to Shareholders. Southwest Airlines' Board of Directors, at its meeting held today, significantly increased the Company's quarterly dividend to $.04 per share from $.01 per share. Annualized, this amounts to over $100 million. The increase in the quarterly dividend will begin with the 147(th) consecutive quarterly dividend declared...
BEIJING, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ATA Inc. ("ATA" or the "Company", Nasdaq: ATAI), a leading provider of computer-based testing and testing-related services in China, today announced that it will release its financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and year ended March 31, 2013, after the close of the stock market on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. The Company will discuss those results in a conference call at 8 a.m. ET on Thursday, May 30, 2013. Participant Dial-in...
Alaska Airlines and JetBlue Airways Maintain the Highest Rankings in Their Respective Segments WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Airline satisfaction has improved to its highest level since 2006, driven by gains made among traditional carriers, according to the J.D. Power & Associates 2013 North America Airline Satisfaction Study(SM )released today. KEY FINDINGS Overall passenger satisfaction with North American airlines improves to 695, which is up 14...
Six Inflight Concerts. Six Taylor Guitars. Six Ways to Win! DALLAS, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines' Live at 35(TM) concert series has returned with the Travelin' Taylor Tour, a series of six inflight shows featuring current and rising stars spanning multiple musical genres who play Taylor Guitars. During this unique inflight experience, each featured musician will play a custom , Southwest-themed, GS Mini guitar, a travel-sized guitar known for its impressive big...
