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Southwest Airlines has acquired a startup that makes renewable ethanol, which can be used to make jet fuel. 

Has Southwest Airlines lost its way? One of its biggest long-time advocates seems to think so.

Southwest Airlines announced the return of its Companion Pass promotion. 

Southwest Airlines is preparing to launch a travel option common throughout the airline industry — but one not in place at the Dallas-based carrier.

It’s Tuesday, and if you are a regular reader, you probably know that means that Southwest Airlines has released a new sale. Southwest has released a promotion with sale fares for $69 and savings of up to $250 on Hawaiian vacation packages. However, after some digging, fares can be found for as low as $29.

As part of its Nonstop to Net Zero effort, Southwest Airlines is signing on to a project that's been dubbed the Hawaii Seaglider Initiative.A new mode of transportation designed to combine the speed of an aircraft with the “relatively lower cost of a boat to reduce the time and cost” of transporting travelers, seagliders are all-electric, zero-emission vessels. They operate exclusively over water and can move at up to 180 miles-per-hour, which dramatically reduces travel time. Seagliders function by floating on their hull before transitioning to “wave-tolerant underwater hydrofoils” and then take flight at ultra-low altitudes about 30- to 60-feet above the surface of the water. The vessels are being designed by Rhode Island based manufacturer REGENT.The Hawaii Seaglider Initiative (HSI) was first announced in January and includes a broad coalition of partners. Some of the high-profile corporate and community partners supporting the effort include AES Hawaiʻi, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Hawaii Building & Constructions Trades Council, Hawaiʻi Lodging and Tourism Association, Japan Airlines, Maui Hotel & Lodging Association, Mokulele Airlines, Molokaʻi Chamber of Commerce, Polynesian Adventure, and United Airlines.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, March 13. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Southwest Airlines is promoting one-way fares for as low as $49. The flight sale includes travel to the continental United States, Hawaii, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, for travel in spring and early summer. But these flight deals will be ending soon.

Travelers flying on Alaska Airlines have access to the best Wi-Fi in the skies in the United States, according to a new study.

During the pandemic, an acute labor shortage stretching from pilots to baggage handlers plagued the airline industry. So they sought to hire thousands of new employees and signed record-breaking contracts with their pilot unions. 

Southwest Airlines is the latest Boeing 737 Max operator to set out the scale of delivery delays. In a filing Tuesday, the carrier said there would be a reduction in the number of new planes it will receive in 2024. 

United Airlines is pausing pilot hiring in the spring due to aircraft delivery delays from Boeing.

Southwest Airlines is picking up where it left off earlier this month by launching another sale on spring flights.

Southwest Airlines has announced a brand new sale in honor of the leap year. Travelers can save 30% off of base fares on flights. Here’s how to take advantage of this limited-time offer.

Southwest Airlines and Omni Hotels & Resorts are teaming up to offer a special "Solarbration" sweepstakes ahead of the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.The sweepstakes—which can be entered now through March 11—will reward two lucky winners with a prize package that includes air travel on a flight predicted to be in the direct path of the eclipse.The flight options include Southwest Flight 1252, which departs Dallas (Love Field) at 12:40 p.m. CT for Pittsburgh, and Southwest Flight 1721, which departs Austin at 12:55 p.m. CT for Indianapolis.Omni will do its part by putting the winners up in custom-designed guest rooms inspired by the celestial event. The special accommodations will be located at Omni Hotels in the departure cities of Dallas and Austin and the arrival cities of Pittsburgh and Indianapolis.In addition to roundtrip flights and accommodations for two nights, winners will receive exclusive solar eclipse viewing glasses and fun inflight experiences aboard their eclipse flights.

Last week, Southwest Airlines announced a Spring Break sale, available for a limited time. On top of that, the airline is also offering a promotional Companion Pass® that is valid through February 2025. Travelers can add another flight sale to their radar, with Southwest offering flights as low as $49.

Southwest Airlines is putting spring flights on sale in celebration of Valentine's Day this February.

This year’s Super Bowl may break multiple records. 

Southwest Airlines cabins are getting a refresh.

It might be January, but there are still millions of Americans taking to the skies. With vacationers seeking the winter sun and business travelers shuttling between major hubs, there’s little time for the nation’s airlines to hibernate. 

Suddenly, everyone is an interior designer.