Southwest Airlines began operating in 1971 with only four planes and serving three cities. Now they have over 2100 flights per day, carry over 44 million passengers a year, and are the fifth largest airline company in America (Southwest Airlines, 2004). In their 33 years of business they have been awarded numerous awards for the best airline in the business, and are currently the highest profit showing company in the industry (Stanley, 2003). Much of Southwest Airlines' success is due to …showed first 75 words of 1608 total…

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