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Southwest Airlines

low fare challenger, small size, US.

Ownership

private

Starting fleet

8 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced

Bases

DAL, HOU

Starting routes

DAL-HOU, DAL-SAT, DAL-AUS, HOU-SAT, HOU-AUS

Confidence

estimated (to be verified)

Fleets and networks are approximations for the prototype and are scaled to the model. Source: Southwest page (exact): began flying 18 June 1971 as an intrastate Texas airline, stayed at Love Field when DFW opened on 13 January 1974, regional interstate service from 1979; it has only ever flown 737s except six 727-200s in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Fleet, network and finance in 1976 were not found: estimates.