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Jun.1.2021
It’s been 50 years since Southwest Airlines began flying, and the airline is pulling out all the stops to celebrate its golden jubilee.
Southwest has declared June 18 Wanna Get Away Day, marking its 50th anniversary and giving customers the chance to win a variety of prizes.
“It’s our 50th anniversary, and we are ready to celebrate and thank our customers,” Bill Tierney, vice president of marketing, said in a release.
Southwest began as a regional Texas airline, flying between Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio when its first planes took off on June 18, 1971. It has since become one of the nation’s most successful airlines, flying to 115 destinations in 40 states as well as locations in Mexico, Central America, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean.