Posts Tagged ‘ Southwest Airlines ’

Message to US Airlines ‘Wake Up and Reduce In-Flight Consumer Waste!’

January 28, 2012
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Cabin Crew- It's easy to be green!

Join Green America in asking U.S. airlines to recycle As concerned consumers, we believe that it is important for us to know that the airline companies with which we travel help reduce consumer waste by implementing recycling programs. Overall, airlines have the capacity to recycle nearly 500 million more pounds of waste each year, including 250 million pounds of in-flight waste. Additionally, nearly 75% of in-flight generated waste is recyclable; however only about 20% of that waste actually is...

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It sucks to be sucked out of an airliner…..

April 8, 2011
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WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET SUCKED OUT OF A PLANE? Here are the details — in case you were wondering after a hole blew out on a recent Southwest Airlines flight. THE GIST It would be virtually impossible to survive ejection from an airplane at 30,000 feet. A rapid drop in oxygen and extraordinarily cold conditions would be just two of the deadliest consequences. People have been sucked through holes in airplanes before, but skilled pilots can often save...

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Another Day of Cancellations for Southwest Airlines

April 2, 2011
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Southwest may cancel another 300 flights Sunday LOS ANGELES — Southwest Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights over the weekend as it inspected 79 aircraft from its Boeing 737 fleet after one of its planes with a gaping hole in the fuselage made an emergency landing, the airline said on Saturday. The airline said it was cancelling some 300 flights on Saturday, a day after the emergency landing, and could cancel around that number again on Sunday. “We don’t at...

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Southwest Airlines Turning 40!

November 20, 2010
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Pushing 40, Southwest Is Still Playing the Rebel By JAD MOUAWAD New York Times Dallas IT’S halftime at Southwest Airlines’ annual Halloween party — a ritual meant to celebrate the carrier’s exuberant employees and freewheeling culture — and Gary Kelly is feeling a bit wistful. “I was determined to be a man this year,” he says. Gone is the flamboyance of his previous costumes. He has attended as Edna Turnblad from the musical “Hairspray” (for which he had to...

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Another P.O.S. Blunder, Too Fat To Fly? Or Not? Southwest Apologizes To Passenger

June 9, 2010
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Connie Guillory, of Texas, was issued an apology and a $100 voucher from Southwest Airlines after a flight attendant refused to let her board a plane, saying she was too big for one seat. This is a picture of her flying Southwest days earlier just fine.

Texas Woman Told She Needed To Buy Two Seats To Board, Despite Flying Airline Without Problems Before Ft. Lauderdale- Southwest Airlines is apologizing to one of its passengers over a flight restriction. Was she too fat to fly? The passenger said she was not allowed to board a plane because of her size. The trouble started on a return flight after a dream vacation, reports CBS station WCBS-TV. Best friends for as long as they can remember, Connie Guillory and...

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Southwest Says Lack of Bag Fee Helps Increase Revenue

May 20, 2010
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By Dan Reed USAToday DALLAS — Southwest Airlines says not charging travelers extra to check their bags is paying off in a big way. Gary Kelly, Southwest’s CEO, told reporters at the airline’s annual shareholders meeting Wednesday that his carrier has gained about $1 billion in revenue by taking market share from its rivals — almost all of which charge from $15 to check one bag to as much as $100 or more for a third in some circumstances....

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Boeing Creates Southwest Airlines Special ‘Florida One’ Airplane

April 25, 2010
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'Florida One', Southwest Airlines Newest Specialty Aircraft

Go inside Boeing as the newest Specialty Plane is built (in a little over two minutes). Date unveiled: April 23, 2010 Process time: 8 days Number of People: 32 over 3 shifts Paint colors: 16 Total gallons: Approximately 46 Premask (stencil outline): 15 boxes or approximately 150 different pieces to create the logo The challenge of this plane was to recreate the Flag Logo without the use of tools, using only the drawing for reference and the stencils for...

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