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• Southwest: Flyers can pay $40 to board first

  January 21, 2013 1:43 PM

  DALLAS (AP) - Want to board first on a Southwest Airlines flight? Now you can pay $40 for the privilege. Southwest Airlines will let people pay to be part of their first boarding group, group "A." The airline does not have assigned seating and lets passengers board in three groups,... more »

• Southwest accidentally charges some fliers multiple times

  August 5, 2012 7:39 PM

  Southwest Airlines says it has begun filing refunds to customers who were accidentally billed multiple times for a single flight, after a half-price online ticket promotion backfired. The special sale designed to celebrate Southwest's reaching the three million mark in Facebook fans was supposed to give customers who booked flights... more »

• Fall arrives late in some Southwestern pockets

  November 12, 2011 1:11 PM

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Southwestern forests are growing quiet as the season for bugling elk comes to an end. The aspens in the high country and cottonwoods in the valleys are dropping their golden leaves, and snow dusts mountain tops in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. There's no denying... more »

• Southwest may become top DIA carrier

  May 19, 2011 11:44 AM

  DENVER (AP) - An aviation consultant says Southwest Airlines could become Denver International Airport's largest carrier in a year or so as United Airlines juggles its fleet. Aviation consultant Michael Boyd said United has outsourced many flights to regional airline affiliates. According to The Denver Post, United and Continental captured... more »

• UPDATE: Passengers from diverted flight make new flight plans.

  March 13, 2011 3:14 PM

  Passengers from Southwest Airlines, flight number 1646 which was diverted to Colorado Springs following a declared emergency and landing are currently in the Colorado Springs Airport waiting to changes to their flight plans to make it to their connecting flights or final destinations. Southwest Airlines flight number 1646 was... more »

• British World War II pilots reunite at Florida training site

  October 18, 2010 11:15 AM

  World War II was fought an ocean away, but some members of Britain's "Greatest Generation" trained in Southwest Florida. Some of the aviators recently reunited in the very place where they learned the skills that saved their lives at war. For 4,000 British airmen, their journey into World... more »

• Laser pointed at Colorado-bound jet cockpit

  October 15, 2010 12:36 PM

  The FAA says someone pointed a green laser light at a Southwest Airlines jet departing Sea-Tac Airport about 6:40 a.m. Friday. The plane was bound for Denver. Spokesman Mike Fergus says Flight 515 was about 7.5 miles southeast of the airport at an elevation of 7,500 feet when the... more »

• Southwest Airlines to buy AirTran for $1.4B

  September 27, 2010 9:15 AM

  Southwest Airlines is buying AirTran for about $1.4 billion as it seeks entry into a number of smaller markets. The announcement comes about a week after Continental Airlines and UAL Corp. combined. The companies said Monday that the new Southwest-Airtran operation would operate from more than 100 different airports... more »

• Colorado wildfire now 70 percent contained

  May 28, 2010 10:13 AM

  A wildfire burning in a canyon in southwestern Colorado is 70 percent contained despite increased fire danger due to warmer, windier weather. The fire has burned nearly 4 square miles, or about 2,600 acres, in San Miguel Canyon near Norwood. The fire is burning mainly on federal land in... more »

• Watch the sky for Mercury

  March 29, 2010 2:01 PM

  Mercury, the solar system's most elusive planet, will be easier to see for the next two weeks. Astronomers say that Mercury and Venus will appear unusually close together between now and April 10. Because Venus is one of the brightest objects in the night sky it can be used... more »

• Storms cost Southwest Airlines $15 million

  March 5, 2010 11:59 AM

  Southwest Airlines Co. says that winter storms along the East Coast last month cost it $15 million in lost passenger revenue. Southwest's estimate on Friday came after two other airlines said earlier this week that the poor weather cost them about $55 million in lost revenue. Continental Airlines Inc.... more »

• Mammoth tusk discovered by road crew

  February 16, 2010 11:03 AM

  Construction crews working along I-5 near Ridgefield, Washington dug up a piece of prehistory, a tusk that likely dates back 10,000 to 15,000 years. Washington State Department of Transportation project inspector Brad Clark was overseeing work on the new Ridgefield interchange when he spotted it. "The auger came up... more »

• 'Oversized' Kevin Smith ejected from flight

  February 15, 2010 11:21 AM

  Kevin Smith says he's "way fat," but that shouldn't stop him from flying. The director and actor says a pilot ejected him from a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank, Calif., saying he didn't fit properly in a single seat. Smith raised a stink about the incident... more »

• Southwest launches 3-day fare sale

  February 9, 2010 11:41 AM

  Southwest Airlines is offering a sale geared toward leisure travelers who want to make short trips this spring. Southwest said Tuesday it will sell tickets starting at $39 each way on some routes under 500 miles. As usual, the airline didn't say how many seats it will offer at... more »

• Does this city make my butt look big?

  February 2, 2010 2:13 PM

  Thinking about a nose job? Chances are you're from the Northeast, according to new data released from RealSelf.com, a consumer review site for the cosmetic industry. Permanent makeup more your thing? Then you're probably from the Southwest. "We looked at our logs - we're talking millions of searches -... more »

• Southwest apologizes to mom and 2 year-old kicked off flight

  November 1, 2009 10:44 AM

  A spokesman for Southwest Airlines says the carrier has apologized to a mother who was kicked off a plane along with her unruly 2-year-old earlier this week. Spokesman Chris Mainz said the airline called Pamela Root on Friday to apologize. He says Root also will receive a refund and... more »

• Southwest launches $25 fare sale

  October 27, 2009 9:34 AM

  Southwest Airlines has launched an air fare sale in which some flights cost the same as what other carriers charge to check a bag. Dallas-based Southwest on Tuesday announced one-way travel as low as $25, based on the length of the flight. The discount carrier says fares are $25 for... more »