History Of Southwest Airlines By Rollin King And Herb Kelleher

SUCCESS SOUTHWEST AIRLINES So, to start with, the company was founded in 16th of March, 1967 Dallas by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King. It has a subsidiary company which is AirTran Airways. Southwest Airlines flies to 72 destinations in the United States. Key people of the company are Herb Kelleher (Co-founder), Rollin King (Co-founder) and Gary C. Kelly (President, CEO & Chairman). And total assets in 2010 were more than 15 billion dollars. In simple words, more than 44 years ago, Rollin King and

Southwest Airlines: A Great Place to Work . The Success of Southwest Airlines The Beginning In the mid 1960’s, Rollin King, an owner of a small commuter air service from San Antonio Texas realized the inconvenience and expense of travelling between San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston. Through the urging of his banker and his own vision, Rollin King decided to start an intrastate airline. King first pitched his plan to Herb Kelleher – a San Antonio attorney who had performed previous legal work

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Southwest Airlines was founded by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher and began in 1971 as Air Southwest, servicing Dallas, Houston and San Antonio (AvStop Online Magazine, n.d.). In its rich history, Southwest Airlines has had many “firsts” in the airline and transportation industry. The airline carrier was the first airlines to offer frequent flyer miles program, which is also the most generous program in the industry (Parnell, 2014). Alongside of the frequent flyer miles, Southwest also offer senior

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2002, Southwest Airlines stock returned more for their shareholders than any other stock in the same time period (Collins, 2006, Hospital Strategy IV: Southwest Airlines and thinking outside the box). Many companies have begun to take notice of the Southwest model; a model that allows Southwest to thrive while many of its contemporaries are faced with financial difficulties. The success of Southwest Airlines can be attributed to their structure. This structure has made it possible for Southwest Airlines

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Southwest Airlines is a unique airline that has a history dating back over 45 years. To say that Southwest Airlines is unique, one must only look at how the airline came to life. In 1967 Herb Kelleher was hired by Rollin King to close down a defunct charter flying company in Texas. After the work was complete the two men supposedly met for drinks at a bar in San Antonio. At the bar, King drew a triangle on a cocktail napkin with Dallas, San Antonio and Houston at the three points and said “I