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Southwest Upholds Growth Plan As Net Rises 15%

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Southwest has gained customers as other airlines are exiting some of its routes completely or if still competing charging for bags which Southwest doesn't.Still Southwest is moving cautiously in what it sees a weak economy in 2009 and 35% higher fuel bill in 2008 in the second quarter 2008 even after hedging 80% of its fuel bill. So capacity growth plans have been trimmed to just 2% in the third and 1% in the fourth quarter for the USA's largest airline by passengers carried.

Southwest Airlines new routes and expansion.

01/10/2008

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