Southwest Airlines Inc.

Southwest Airlines Owes Passengers 5.8 Million Free Drinks

Two years ago, Southwest Airlines abruptly changed the rules of its Business Select program, which allows travelers to breeze through security, get to the front of the boarding line, earn extra reward points, and, most importantly, get free booze. Before August 1, 2010, could use their free drink v ... More >>

Five Great 2012 Concerts in Non-Traditional Venues

Certainly, there will be lists coming forth that will discuss the wonderful local tour stops for many national and international bands in 2012, whether Radiohead at the AAC, Sharon Von Etten at Trees or Frank Ocean at South Side Music Hall. See also: - The top five musical resurrections of 2012 ... More >>

My Oh Yes

"Big D" both song and city, is earning big laughs at Lyric and the Wyly.

Southwest Airlines' Herb Kelleher: Energy Independence, As You Understand It, Is A Myth

Southwest Airlines co-founder Herb Kelleher and a gaggle of other titans, from former U.S. Spec Ops commanders to Sam Gilliland, chief executive officer of Dallas-based Sabre Holdings, reject outright the idea that we can drill our way to energy independence. In an Energy Security Leadership Council ... More >>

Turns Out a Lot of People are Arrested for Carrying Guns Through Love Field Security

Love Field and TSA officials have a message for the public: STOP CARRYING GUNS THROUGH SECURITY. SERIOUSLY, GUYS. Fifteen travelers tried to carry guns through the Love Field security checkpoint this year -- that's compared to one person in the same period of time last year. Holy shit, right? That' ... More >>

Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back, Again

Tim Halperin Reaches No. 1 on iTunes, Sly Stone Is Now Homeless and Other News and Notes...

Tim Halperin​Last week we ran a quick item about American Idol contestant, Tim Halperin, and his publicity stunt leading up to the release of his new record, Rise & Fall. He was to sit in a mock jail cell at Plano's Shops At Legacy for 28 hours leading up the expiration of his dreaded American ... More >>

"Excessive" Behavior or Homophobia? L Word Star, Southwest Trade Blows Over Booting

Leisha Hailey​If you didn't know who Leisha Hailey was this morning, you probably will by the end of the day. She's the latest celebrity taking to Twitter to call out Love Field-based Southwest Airlines, which removed her from a plane today -- not because she's considered a heavy-duty "safety risk ... More >>

As Walmart Moves In Across From Bachman Lake, Al's Pizzeria Sent Looking For New Home

​A panicked reader asks this morning about the fate of his beloved Al's Pizzeria on Northwest Highway, which opened in '74 and is there no more. "Tried to order a pizza at my favorite NW Dallas joint on Monday -- phone rang with no answer. Went by yesterday. They closed in August and said they wer ... More >>

Spirit Offers Another DFW-to-Chicago Option

​On the same day that Love Field-based Southwest Airlines announced its 40th anniversary sale featuring some one-way ducats for as low at $40, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport sends word that newbie Spirit Airlines is already expanding its service. Initially, the low-fare carrier was only f ... More >>

Latest From Love Field Upgrade: Road Construction and Pedestrian Walkway Closing

​Whilst cleaning out the in-box I came across this sent-yesterday heads-up from the city involving two new inconveniences for those heading to Love Field, which is presently getting with the Modernization Program. Long story short: Expect lane closures on Cedar Springs, and don't try to use that W ... More >>

Up in the Air? Not Exactly, As One Runway's Good to Go at Love Field. But the Other? Well ...

​Below, in the comments, Brenda Marks wonders what the eff's going on at Love Field, where all is most definitely not clear. So I called Frank Librio, PIO at City Hall, to see what gives. He asked around and reports back: "The long runway's open" and can handle takeoffs and landings, but Southwest ... More >>

City Offers Love Field Fliers Some Tips on How to Have a "Safe and Pleasant Experience"

Love Field does not look like this. Not yet. But it will. One day. So they say.​As you're no doubt aware by now, Love Field's starting to get its extreme makeover -- otherwise known as the Love Field Modernization Program, for those now quite with the program. But, see, maybe you're headed out for ... More >>

Southwest's Flight Attendants Cheer TSA's Move to Let 'Em Through Without Scan, Pat-Down

​Seems like it was only Friday that Transport Workers Union Local 556 -- which reps Southwest Airlines's 9,400 flight attendants -- was sending Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and TSA Administrator John J. Pistole that note letting the officials know they most certainly did not app ... More >>

Southwest's Flight Attendants Also Don't Much Care For TSA's New Screening Procedures

​Southwest Airlines's 9,400 flight attendants just sent word: They don't wanna be scanned. And they don't wanna be gate-raped.  That's the gist of the missive Transport Workers Union Local 556 President Thom McDaniel sent to Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and TSA Administrato ... More >>

Whitt's End: 9.3.10

​ Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *The Texas Rangers' slogan this season: "It's Time". The Texas Rangers' situation on September 3: "It's Over." With 29 games remaining, the Rangers could go 14-15 and the A's would have to go 24- ... More >>

What Did the President Say at Russell and Dorothy Budd's House Last Night?

Courtesy Kim Seale, Southwest AirlinesAir Force One leaving Love Field yesterday evening​Let's go to the lengthy transcript, which the White House just posted from last night's big-ticket fund-raiser at the Highland Park home of the attorney and his wife, a former president of Dallas Area Habitat ... More >>

After "Quite a Bit of Confusion," Southwest Explains, Rewrites New Force Majeure Policy

​I mentioned this in passing Sunday: The Arizona Daily Star discovered, or so it thought, that Southwest Airlines's attorneys snuck into its contract of carriage a new definition of "act of God" should you find yourself delayed: "mechanical difficulties." To which the Love Field-based airline resp ... More >>

News & Notes: Southwest Boots Passenger, a Greenville Ave. "Raid" and DMN Good News

Avi AdelmanJust another weekend on Lower Greenville, where DPD checks IDs at the Hotel Capri​Some weekend catch-up while we wake up following several base-running mistakes last night: Kevin Smith is at the Granada Wednesday night, and, maybe, he'll address his earlier-this-year run-in with hometow ... More >>

Mayor Leppert Just Stopped Checking His E-Mail to Chime In on the Love Field Concessions

Sam MertenMayor Leppert, five minutes into the presentation.​Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Pauline Medrano began this afternoon's Love Field Concession Committee meeting by letting folks know why the committee was formed -- to clear up "perception issues reported by the newspaper" -- and what the groun ... More >>

City Hall Wants to Make It Very Clear: We Don't Need No Lousy Bids at Love Field

A conceptual rendering of Love Field after it undergoes its extreme makeover​Still haven't heard from City Attorney Tom Perkins concerning the legal above-boardness of those no-bid concession contracts at Love Field Airport, which the council will vote on tomorrow. But outta nowhere a a little whi ... More >>

From Deep Inside the Dallas Convention Center, Walk Down "The Trails of North Texas"

The Professional Convention Management Association kicked off its 3,000-attendees-strong annual conference last night with a wingding at the Dallas Convention Center. Mayor Tom, Southwest Airlines' Gary Kelly and American Airlines' Gerard Arpey spoke this morning during "Airlines and Meetings: A CEO ... More >>

Apparently, Analysts Want Southwest to Charge for Luggage. Passengers Do Not.

Not effin' around: This ad first appeared back in June of last year.​Dallas-based Southwest Airlines releases its third-quarter financials tomorrow. Will the numbers go up? Dunno. Down? Could be. Hard to say. Kind of like whether Southwest is gaining passengers or losing money because it refuses t ... More >>

Is Southwest Airlines Going to Charge for Bags? Yes. No. Maybe? Hard to Say.

Back in June of '08, we pointed your attention toward the Southwest Airlines ad at right, which first appeared in the Wall Street Journal. It was, of course, a statement: American Airlines, and the other carriers, might be charging for bags, but not your beloved low-cost Dallas-based Southwest, nowa ... More >>

Southwest Airlines, a Symbol of Freedom

Southwest Airlines announced this morning that it's living up to that old motto, offering nearly every single employee what CEO Gary Kelly calls an "early out" in the wake of a first-quarter net loss, the Dallas-based carrier's third straight decline. Southwest today announced a first-quarter '09 ne ... More >>

Southwest Airlines Ties FedEx as Seventh Most-Admired Company in ... the World!

Courtesy Southwest AirlinesFortune just posted its list of the World's Most Admired Companies -- at least, admired by the other bidness folks surveyed by the magazine. Five Dallas-based companies made the list of 363, and they are, in alphabetical order: AT&T, Brinker International, Centex, Sout ... More >>

Southwest's Settlement With the FAA Will Cost the Carrier Quite a Few Peanuts

Speaking of Southwest Airlines ... The Federal Aviation Administration today announced that at long last it has reached an agreement with the Dallas-based carrier concerning those 46 planes that were allowed to fly despite their not having been inspected for fuselage cracks. Southwest will pony up $ ... More >>

Whitt's End

Welcome to my dark, dank, little out-of-the-way catch-all corner.In here every Friday  afternoon you'll find those cumbersome little pieces parts, fleeting thoughts and mind crumbs I couldn't crowbar into other posts. It's where I'll come to clear my head, and to clean out my notebooks.Whether ... More >>

Brad News: Hawkins Leaving WFAA

Uncle Barky breaks the bad news: The great Brad Hawkins, long a favorite of ours, is leaving WFAA-Channel 8 on Christmas Eve. Why come? He's taking a public relations gig at Southwest Airlines. Really? Really: "I'm at a crossroads in terms of opening myself to new challenges and new sk ... More >>

Southwest Airlines: "They Have No Heart!" Or: Danged Kids.

The Tale of Two Southwests

Southwest's Up and Down Day

Getting in Deep Over SUPs, Again

Getting a Charge from Local Airports

Buy the Friendly Skies

Wright Deal Not Right? Maybe. Probably?

The Fourth of July

One Down...

The Wright Way to Mess With American?

Wright is Wrong. No, Wait. Right. Wrong. Uh.

Poster Boys

Mostly Air

Plus: Sowing Old Seeds

Howl at the Moon

Or just enjoy a traditional Japanese Otsukimi

Fire It Up

One good thing about the Trinity

Love's Labor Lost

The silence is deafening at City Hall over expanding Love Field, but Jim Schutze has some advice for airport neighbors: Buy earplugs.

Met Memories

Sure, this column is full of cuss words and self-indulgence. So was my old paper.

Air homophobia

A gay-bashing pilot prompts a change at Southwest Airlines

Buzz

Buzz

Buzz