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About Southwest:Southwest Airlines was founded in 1967 with the mission to provide all air travelers with low fares, a convenient schedule and excellent customer service. In 1971, after several years of legal battles, Southwest Airlines finally began service with four planes and flights to Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. What began as a small Texas airline has grown to become one of the largest airlines in America.Today, Southwest Airlines flies more than 65 million passengers a year, on over 450 planes, to 62 great cities, all across the country, and more than 3,000 times a day. Yearend results for 2005 marked Southwest's 33rd consecutive year of profitability and the airline presently employs more than 31,000 individuals across the nation. Southwest is the United States' most successful low-fare, high-frequency, point-to-point carrier.Daily Departures: Nearly 3,000 flights a day. Employees: Approximately 31,000 total Employees throughout the Southwest system.2004 Financial Statistics: • Net income: $313 million• Total passengers carried: 70.9 million• Total RPMs: 53.4 billion• Passenger load factor: 69.5 percent• Total operating revenue: $6.5 billion.FLEET: Southwest currently operates 417 Boeing 737 jets (as of January 31, 2005) .Type Number Seats 737-300 194 137 737-500 25 122 737-700 217 137**These numbers change monthly, with new aircraft on delivery on a regular basis.The Company's fleet has an average age of about 9 years.The average aircraft trip length is 606 miles with an average duration of one hour and 45 minutes.Southwest aircraft fly an average of more than seven flights per day, or about 12 ½ hours per day.Southwest was the launch customer for the Boeing 737-700 in 1997. Southwest was also a launch customer for the Boeing 737-500 and -300 series aircraft.Southwest is updating its traditional gold, red and orange paint scheme by adding canyon blue. All new aircraft will have the updated colors and interior. Existing aircraft will be retrofitted.Performance-enhancing Blended Winglets have been added to our fleet of 737-700s. All new 737-700 aircraft arrive from Boeing with Blended Winglets installed...
