Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines is an American low-cost airline headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It was founded in 1967 by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King, and it began operations in 1971. Southwest is the largest airline in the United States by number of passengers carried domestically each year, and it operates flights to more than 100 destinations in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and 10 countries.
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