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    • October 1, 2008

    Southwest Weathers “Meltdown” (and more from Southwest’s Media Day)

    Filed under: Southwest — Rick Seaney @ 5:20 pm

    Fun and informative experience today - yours truly was one of a panel of “travel gurus” — along with Peter Greenberg of the Today Show; Randy Peterson of FlyerTalk, and travel expert Terry Trippler - assembled to talk about the future of air travel.

    I wrote a separate post all about it - and take a look because it’s chock-full of timeless tips.

    In other Southwest news, the carrier’s CFO said Southwest had “very limited financing needs” and was weathering the recent economic storms well with “little immediate exposure to the turmoil” but there is some concern that the financial problems overall will keep leisure flyers home.

    And, although Southwest remains committed to its “no bag fees” promise, it is looking for new revenue streams, and will soon be testing internet access in flight.
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