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Boeing 737 Max-8 Southwest

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Southwest Airlines Co., typically referred to as Southwest, is an airline based in the United States and the world's largest low-cost carrier.[3] It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has scheduled service to 121 destinations in the United States and 10 additional countries.[4] As of 2018, Southwest carried more domestic passengers than any other United States airline.[5]

Southwest Airlines
Logo (2014–present), consisting of the name "Southwest" in blue letters followed by a heart in yellow, red and blue diagonal stripes
IATA ICAO Callsign
WN SWA SOUTHWEST
Founded
March 9, 1967; 56 years ago (as Air Southwest)
Commenced operations
June 18, 1971; 51 years ago (as Southwest Airlines)
AOC #
SWAA304A
Operating bases
Atlanta
Baltimore
Chicago–Midway
Dallas–Love
Denver
Houston–Hobby
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Oakland
Orlando
Phoenix–Sky Harbor
Frequent-flyer program
Rapid Rewards
Fleet size
779[1]
Destinations
121
Traded as
NYSE: LUV
DJTA component
S&P 500 component
Headquarters
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Key people
Bob Jordan (CEO)
Gary Kelly (Chairman)
Mike Van de Ven (President & COO)
Founders
Herb Kelleher
Rollin King
Revenue
Increase US$15.790 billion (2021)[2]
Operating income
Increase US$1.721 billion (2021)[2]
Net income
Increase US$977 million (2021)[2]
Total assets
Increase US$36.320 billion (2021)[2]
Total equity
Increase US$10.414 billion (2021)[2]
Employees
66,100 (December 2022)[2]
Website
southwest.com
The airline was established on March 9, 1967,[6] by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King as Air Southwest Co. and adopted its current name, Southwest Airlines Co., in 1971, when it began operating as an intrastate airline wholly within the state of Texas, first flying between Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.[7][8] It began regional interstate service in 1979, expanding nationwide in the following decades. Southwest currently serves airports in 42 states and multiple Central American destinations.

Southwest's business model is distinct from other US airlines as it uses a rolling hub and point-to-point network and allows free checked baggage. It exclusively uses Boeing 737 jets in its fleet.

The airline has nearly 66,100 employees and operates about 4,000 departures a day during peak travel season.[9][10]

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History
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Main article: History of Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines was founded in 1966 by Herbert Kelleher and Rollin King, and in 1967 it was incorporated as Air Southwest Co. Three other airlines took legal action to try to prevent the company from its planned strategy of undercutting their prices by flying only within Texas and thus being exempt from various regulations. The lawsuits were resolved in 1970, and in 1971 the airline began operating regularly scheduled flights between Dallas Love Field and Houston and between Love Field and San Antonio, and adopted the name Southwest Airlines Co. In 1975, Southwest began operating flights to various additional cities within Texas, and in 1979 it began flying to adjacent states. Service to the East and the Southeast started in the 1990s.[11] Southwest turned a profit for 47 consecutive fiscal years from 1973 through 2019.[12]

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Boeing 737 Max-8 Southwest
  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 122.5ft (37.3m)
  • Length 129.5ft (39.5m)
  • Height 40.1ft (12.2m)
  • Empty Weight 66,960lbs (30,372kg)
  • Loaded Weight 131,617lbs (59,700kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 5.926
  • Wing Loading 47.5lbs/ft2 (231.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 2,770.6ft2 (257.4m2)
  • Drag Points 28980

Parts

  • Number of Parts 482
  • Control Surfaces 12
  • Performance Cost 2,959
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    It’s broken. When it lands, WHOOP, flips over

    16 days ago
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    what group to activate engines? doesnt work

    11 months ago
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    34.1k Dissent3R

    @Malaysianaviation19 thats unheard of, ill try to look into it

    1.3 years ago
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    Creative! The movement (the wing animation) is cool, although I don't know why this happend, when I was mid-air, it suddenly pitched up (go up or smth) idk how to prevent it from doing that pitch up again... :insert skull emoji:

    1.3 years ago
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    34.1k Dissent3R

    @ab you're welcome, we at NoblePlanesLTD are dedicated to providing the maximum customer experience, this problem will be looked into and removed from all our future builds. Thank you.

    1.6 years ago
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    535 ab

    @NoblePlanesLTD now it is still wobbly, but only if I pull the yoke towards me. thanks for the advice though.

    1.6 years ago
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    34.1k Dissent3R

    @ab try turning off the mcas by deactivating group eight

    1.6 years ago
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    535 ab

    nice plane, but for some reason, whenever I grab the yoke in VR, it oscillates back and forth, increasing in intensity making it impossible to control in after around 5 seconds. Also, you can upvote planes with 0 points when using VR, because you can't build planes to earn points there. This plane is shown as one of the most upvoted VR planes when sorted by last week, so that's probably why there are two 0-point-upvotes

    +1 1.6 years ago
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    34.1k Dissent3R

    @Derrick127, how did you invite with 0 points?

    1.6 years ago
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    34.1k Dissent3R

    @BassemT90 thanks

    +1 1.6 years ago
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    6,645 BassemT90

    Woww amazing

    1.6 years ago