SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31‚ 2013 or ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from ________ to ________ Commission File No. 1-7259 Southwest Airlines Co. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) TEXAS 74-1563240 (State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) P.O. Box 36611 Dallas‚ Texas 75235-1611 (Address of principal
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Southwest Airlines Motivational Profile A motivational profile can provide insights into whether a company is doing the right thing or requires improvements. Although nearly every company proclaims its goal is to deliver exceptional service‚ research confirms that the service quality of many corporations is below consumer expectations. Southwest Airlines has created a competitive advantage through valuing employees’ needs as a strategy that motivates them to provide better customer service (Hallowell
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Analysis of Southwest Airlines and the Airline Industry in the US Patricia E. Vazquez TABLE OF CONTENT Abstract . . . . . . . . . 03 Introduction . . . . . . . . . 04 A Foundation of “Love Options” . . . . . 04 Southwest Airline’s Strategies . . . . . . 05 Southwest Airline’s Operations . . . . . . 06 Southwest Airline’s Performance . . . . . . 06 Southwest Airline’s Competitors . . . . . . 07 The Airline Industry in the US . . . . . 07 Rivalry‚ Magnify for
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BASIC STRATEGY: In order to make up for increasing expenses Southwest needs to expand. My recommended strategy for Southwest to pursue‚ is to merge with Air-Tran and expand into areas where Air-Tran has a heavy presence and Southwest has none. With Southwest having a weak presence in the southeastern U.S.‚ a key area to expand would be Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International‚ which is the busiest airport in the U.S. There is obviously a need for the low air-fare company at this site. Southwest’s
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An Assessment of Four Function of Management within Southwest Airlines An Assessment of Four Function of Management within Southwest Airlines According to Edward de Bono "an expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgments simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and ... Creativity involves breaking out ..." Southwest Airlines has done just that‚ in a world of high competition and drastic changes they paid close attention to their customers needs‚ therefore‚ succeeding
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NTSB Investigating Southwest Airlines Flight 345 accident at LaGuardia Airport The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the July 22‚ 2013 nose-down landing of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 at LaGuardia Airport in New York. The accident occurred at 5:45 p.m. after the twin-engine jet’s nose landing gear collapsed rearward and upward into the fuselage‚ damaging the electronics bay‚ which houses avionics and other equipment. The exterior of the airplane was also damaged from
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Southwest Airlines Southwest Airline started out in 1967 and has been different even from its inception. The airline flew to three cities at first and allured customers with flights that departed and arrived on time at the lowest rate possible. This was important to business people that needed to get to and from Dallas‚ Houston‚ and San Antonio on business (History‚ 2013). It was also important to make sure people had a good time while traveling and dedicated their business to a high quality
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Southwest Airlines 2011 Diagnosis: Southwest airlines began first flight in 1971. They experienced finance loss only in the first year. Southwest’s company vision is to keep a low fare with better customer service. According to different surveys‚ Southwest airline has the highest margin in all years except 2007 and passenger yield. Southwest has lowest average revenue passenger miles per passenger‚ load factors‚ unit costs per available seat per mile‚ and net debt. In order to maintain their
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Southwest Airline of the Future Mike Reeder Indiana Wesleyan University June 24‚ 2013 SOUTHWEST AIRLINE OF THE FUTURE Southwest has a strong excellent reputation shown in the Diamond Award that it won this past year in the Air Cargo World’s Air Cargo Excellence (Southwest Among Repeat Winners‚ 2013). Another strength of Southwest is that it has been in business for the last 42 years and made it 36 years in a row with a positive profit
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Introduction In this paper I have researched in to Southwest Airline‚ I have focused to write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which I will‚ determine how Southwest Airlines’ corporate culture differs from other airlines. I will then analyze three (3) ways that Southwest’s unique culture has benefited the airline and its employees and eventually I will speculate how Southwest Airlines would continue to thrive as a company if its current corporate culture would need to change in the near
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