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Southwest Airlines
Over 35 years ago, Rollin King and Herb Kelleher decided to create a different type of airline. They began with the simple notion: If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there, on time and at the lowest possible fares, and make darn sure they have a good time doing it, people will fly your airline. They were right (Southwest Airlines, 2004)!
What began as a small Texas airline has grown to become one of the largest airlines in the United States. Today, Southwest Airlines flies over 70 million passengers per year to more than 62 cities. Southwest orchestrates over 3,000 flights per day. The Southwest fleet consists of over 436 jets which have an average age of nine years old. Included in the fleet are three killer whales - Shamu One, Two and Three; Lone Star One, which is painted like the Texas flag in celebration of Southwest Airlines' 20th Anniversary; Arizona One, California One, Nevada One, New Mexico One and Maryland One......

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