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Southwest Airlines posted a fourth-quarter net profit of $152 million, up from $131 million a year earlier
… million versus $459 million in 2010, and excluding one-time items fell to $330 million from $550 million. CEO Gary Kelly attributed the declines primarily to "significantly higher fuel prices." However, fourth-quarter operating revenues …
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Southwest Airlines upped its second-quarter profit to $161 million
… grow full year 2011 capacity by no more than 5 percent, down a percentage point from previous plans. Meanwhile, next year's capacity will be "equal to or less than our 2011 combined available seat miles," according to CEO Gary Kelly .
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Delta, US Airways Scale Back Capacity Growth Plans
… full-year growth plans of between 5 percent to 6 percent and 7 percent to 9 percent, respectively. Southwest CEO Gary Kelly during the conference claimed that success in raising fares thus far has offset the need to modify growth plans. "We …
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The 25 Most Influential Executives Of The Business Travel Industry Of 2010
… Grady Rüdiger Grube Kazuo Inamori Gary Kelly Ray LaHood Wolfgang Mayrhuber Janet ..... Hotel Okura Co. — Jay Boehmer Gary Kelly CEO Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly entered 2010 at the helm of a carrier …
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Face To Face With Southwest CEO Gary Kelly
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly last month spoke with Business Travel News senior editor Jay Boehmer ..... opportunities were foremost in your mind. Is that still the case? Gary Kelly : If for no other reason than that we don't have our reservations …
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Southwest plans to launch service between Newark and Baltimore, Denver, Houston and Phoenix, effective June 5, 2011
… 18 daily slots relinquished by Continental Airlines as a condition of its merger with United Airlines. Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said establishing a Newark presence is "a very important piece of our desire to strategically add the New York area …
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Air Earnings Illustrate Business Travel Rebound
… Vantage Strategy, which takes into account key economic indicators and travel industry trends. Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly similarly said business travel is recovering, not recovered. "You haven't seen the full return of the business traveler …
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Airlines Soar In 'Watershed' Q3 Earnings
The U.S. airline industry during the quarter ended Sept. 30 reversed deep losses from a year earlier to achieve a banner performance. Airline executives pointed to mergers, conservative capacity planning, business travel recovery, particularly strong revenue and airfare trends, and a general
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Southwest Airlines is planning to replace its reservation system
… other revenue management processes, according to executive vice president of strategy and planning Bob Jordan. CEO Gary Kelly said the airline has narrowed to two the list of possible vendors. Sources told The Beat that the contenders are Amadeus …
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2010 NBTA Convention Reporter's Notebook: Optimism Hot In Houston
… rebound was hardly a done deal. CEOs representing various segments of the industry shared some flavor of Southwest CEO Gary Kelly 's proclamation that, "It's heck of a lot better than it was a year ago," during a CEO-loaded general session …
