Southwest Airlines Founder Herb Kelleher Passes Away At 87
Kelleher famously came up with the idea for Southwest Airlines and its brash approach that rocked the airline industry, along with two partners, on a cocktail napkin.
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Kelleher famously came up with the idea for Southwest Airlines and its brash approach that rocked the airline industry, along with two partners, on a cocktail napkin.
A wide range of topics both local and national topped the viewing charts on CBSDFW.com throughout 2018. Here's a look back at the stories that caught the eyes of readers all over the world.
A Southwest Airlines flight with service scheduled from Seattle to Dallas had to turn around after the crew discovered a human heart had been left onboard.
Federal safety officials plan to question representatives from engine maker CFM International and Boeing about the fatal accident on a Southwest Airlines jet this year.
Federal transportation authorities will hold an investigative hearing next week related to the explosion of a Southwest Airlines plane engine over Pennsylvania earlier this year.
Put away your credit and debit cards. All passengers traveling on WiFi-enabled Southwest Airlines planes will no longer have to pay a $5 fee to watch in-flight movies.
A man accused of touching a woman's leg and trying to play "footsies" with her on a flight has been charged with simple assault.
In the lawsuit, the former worker claims the room at Houston's Hobby Airport existed for several years before it was renovated.
A passenger on Southwest Airlines flights from Dallas to Houston to Harlingen and back late last month was diagnosed with measles.
A judge has tossed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging Southwest Airlines violated the law by requiring that certain employees use fingerprints to sign into and out of work.
Southwest Airlines is making changes to its emotional service animal and trained service animal policy.
The airline said it will discontinue giving out peanuts on Wednesday, August 1 to ensure a better experience for people with peanut allergies.
Southwest Airlines says cracks in fan blades like the flaw blamed for a fatal accident have been found at other airlines.
Southwest Airlines overcame rising fuel prices to top profit expectations, though an in-flight disaster in which a passenger died had an adverse effect on revenue.
"It is an unnecessary step that will disappoint many of Southwest's customers," the National Peanut Board said in a statement.
The airline will discontinue giving out peanuts on August 1 to ensure a better experience for people with peanut allergies.
The fatal accident on a Southwest Airlines flight this spring appears to be hurting the Dallas carrier's business more than expected. The company reduced advertising after the accident.
Cal Berkeley head basketball Lindsay Gottlieb says she was confronted by a Southwest Airlines employee who questioned her relationship to her biracial son before she could board a flight.
A Southwest Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing Saturday after the cabin started losing pressure.
Southwest Airlines says a flight from Nashville, Tennessee, had to make an unscheduled landing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
Passengers on board a Southwest Airlines flight from Florida say a pickup truck hit their plane on the runway at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
The pilots of a Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines jet struggled to handle the plane after an engine blew apart at 32,000 feet over Pennsylvania last month.
Passengers on a Southwest Airlines plane first heard a loud pop and then scurried away when they saw a jagged crack in a window that forced the jet to land.
Experts say there have been 26 failures of the outer window pane in the entire worldwide service history of the Boeing 737.
A Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Newark made an emergency landing in Cleveland due to a busted window.
