Southwest Airlines Co.: SWOT Analysis & Company Profile

• Publication date: January 2011

Synopsis Business Review’s Southwest Airlines Co. contains a company overview, key facts, locations and subsidiaries, news and events as well as a SWOT analysis of the company. Summary This SWOT Analysis company profile is a crucial resource for industry executives and anyone looking to quickly understand the key information concerning Southwest Airlines Co.’s business. Business Review’s “Southwest Airlines Co. SWOT An...

Synopsis
Business Review’s Southwest Airlines Co. contains a company overview, key facts, locations and subsidiaries, news and events as well as a SWOT analysis of the company.

Summary
This SWOT Analysis company profile is a crucial resource for industry executives and anyone looking to quickly understand the key information concerning Southwest Airlines Co.’s business.

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Scope
• Examines and identifies key information and issues about (Southwest Airlines Co.) for business intelligence requirements
• Studies and presents Southwest Airlines Co.’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities (growth potential) and threats (competition). Strategic and operational business information is objectively reported.
• The profile contains business operations, the company history, major products and services, prospects, key competitors, structure and key employees, locations and subsidiaries.

Reasons To Buy
• Quickly enhance your understanding of the company.
• Obtain details and analysis of the market and competitors as well as internal and external factors which could impact the industry.
• Increase business/sales activities by understanding your competitors’ businesses better.
• Recognize potential partnerships and suppliers.
• Obtain yearly profitability figures

Key Highlights
Southwest Airlines Co. (Southwest Airlines) is a US based passenger airline principally engaged in offering scheduled air transportation in the US. In addition, it offers a supply chain of travel services to its passengers such as air, car, hotel, cruise and vacation packages. The other services offered by the company include selling credits to various business partners that include credit card companies, hotels, telecommunication companies and car rental agencies. As of 31 December 2008, the company operated 537 Boeing-737 aircrafts and offered its services to around 64 cities across 32 states in the country. It also served 438 nonstop city pairs during the year. Southwest Airlines is headquartered at Dallas (Texas) in the US. In the fiscal 2009, the company has plans to reduce its fleet by two aircraft and it 13 new 737-700 aircraft from Boeing. It also plans to retire or lease a total of fifteen aircrafts and as per these plans its fleet has been scheduled to total 535 737s by the end of fiscal 2009.

Airline Industry in the United States

Table of Contents
1. Southwest Airlines Co. - Company Overview
2. Southwest Airlines Co. - Key Facts
3. Southwest Airlines Co. - Business Description
4. Southwest Airlines Co. - Major Products and Services
5. Southwest Airlines Co. - History
6. Southwest Airlines Co. - SWOT Analysis
6.1. SWOT Analysis - Overview
6.1.1. Southwest Airlines Co. - Strengths
6.1.2. Southwest Airlines Co. - Weaknesses
6.1.3. Southwest Airlines Co. - Opportunities
6.1.4. Southwest Airlines Co. - Threats
7. Southwest Airlines Co. - Key Competitors
8. Southwest Airlines Co. - Key Employees
9. Southwest Airlines Co. - Key Employee Biographies
10. Southwest Airlines Co. - Company Statement
11. Southwest Airlines Co. - Locations and Subsidiaries
11.1. Head Office
11.2. Other Locations & Subsidiaries
12. Southwest Airlines Co. - Financial Ratios
12.1. Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
12.2. Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
12.3. Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
12.4. Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts
13. Southwest Airlines Co. - Share Data
14. Appendix
14.1. Methodology
14.2. Ratio Definitions
14.3. Disclaimer

List of Tables
Table 1: Southwest Airlines Co. Key Facts
Table 2: Southwest Airlines Co. Major Products and Services
Table 3: Southwest Airlines Co. History
Table 4: Southwest Airlines Co. Key Employees
Table 5: Southwest Airlines Co. Key Employee Biographies
Table 6: Southwest Airlines Co. Subsidiaries
Table 7: Southwest Airlines Co. Locations
Table 8: Southwest Airlines Co., Ratios Based On Current Share Price
Table 9: Southwest Airlines Co., Annual Ratios
Table 10: Southwest Airlines Co., Interim Ratios
Table 11: Southwest Airlines Co., Share Data
Table 12: Southwest Airlines Co. Ratio Definitions

List of Figures
Figure 1: Southwest Airlines Co., Ratio Charts

Airline in United States

United States Air Transport, International Passengers Carried By Domestic Registered Airlines, Mn, % Change Y-o-y

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 1991 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: World Bank/BMI Forecast/BMI Calculation

• Industries : Airline
• Countries : United States

United States Air Transport, Registered Airline Domestic And Non-domestic Takeoffs, `000

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 1990 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: World Bank/BMI Forecast

• Industries : Airline
• Countries : United States

United States Air Transport, Registered Airline Domestic And Non-domestic Takeoffs, `000, % Change Y-o-y

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 1991 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: World Bank/BMI Forecast/BMI Calculation

• Industries : Airline
• Countries : United States

United States Air Transport, International Passengers Carried By Domestic Registered Airlines, Mn

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 1990 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: World Bank/BMI Forecast

• Industries : Airline
• Countries : United States