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• Southwest will pay for $100M expansion in Houston

  Airlines Co. promises to pay for $100 million in airport improvements so that it can launch international flights from Houston's Hobby Airport.With the Southwest pledge, Houston Mayor Annise Parker endorsed the expansion of Hobby, which is smaller but closer   Read more »

• Southwest offers Boston-Nashville nonstop service

  -- Southwest Airlines Co. this summer will offer nonstop daily service between Boston and Nashville, Tenn.Dallas-based Southwest says the nonstop flights begin Aug. 12.Southwest currently serves both markets through connections or with stops but no plane changes.Southwest   Read more »

• Bomb threat halts 2 Southwest Airlines flights

  -- Two Southwest Airlines flights with ties to Phoenix and Orange County's John Wayne Airport were grounded Tuesday night following a threatening phone call, authorities said.Both planes were cleared later in the evening.The threat was made while Flight 1184   Read more »

• Letters: What's wrong, right at MacArthur

  Airlines has done a great job of serving the Long Island market with adequate scheduling, passenger-friendly service and fare policies, absence of nuisance fees for baggage, etc. ["Shaken by turbulence," News, April 23].The drop in passenger use of Long Island   Read more »

• A look at Southwest Airlines airfares

  2008 $248.76Q4 2008 $252.24Q1 2009 $227.94Q2 2009 $221.04Q3 2009 $227.90Q4 2009 $240.42Q1 2010 $249.80Q2 2010 $263.64Q3 2010 $265.06Q4 2010 $262.34Q1 2011 $279.30Q2 2011 $285.88Q3 2011 $284.62Q4 2011 $280.36Q1 2012 $292.88Source: Southwest Airlines   Read more »

Around the web

• AirTran Announces Service To Orange County

  to celebrate our new international service with customers, employees, and the communities we serve," said Bob Jordan, Southwest Airlines Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer and AirTran Airways President. "The new service is a great benefit 6/1/12 from PRWeb Read more »

• Points Miles & Martinis - TLC’s On the FLY new series – behind the scenes at Southwest Airlines

  new series, “On the Fly, ” follows travellers flying on Southwest Airlines. I caught a few of the first episodes and found the show very entertaining. From the common issues of delayed and cancelled flights to damaged baggage to bathroom accidents on the plane 6/1/12 from Boarding Area Read more »

• Sycamore Partners buying Talbots for $193.3M

  FREED AP Airlines Writers United Airlines will cut 1,300 jobs and reduce flying in Houston after losing a fight to block Southwest Airlines Co. from adding international flights...More >> By The Associated Press Hiring slowed sharply in March and April, raising   from WTHR Read more »

• United Airlines to cut 1,300 Houston jobs

  Airlines will cut 1,300 jobs and reduce flying in Houston after it lost a fight to keep Southwest Airlines Co. from adding international flights there. United had warned of the job cuts if the city council voted to let Southwest add international flights at   from Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor Read more »

• Southwest techs ratify labor agreement

  Airlines’ (SWA) "appearance" techs, represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assn. (AMFA), voted to ratify its tentative labor agreement. The new contract is good through February 2017. The current collective bargaining agreement became amendable in   from ATWOnline Read more »