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South by Southwest, mais conhecido como SXSW, é um conjunto de festivais de cinema, mídia interativa, música e tecnologia realizado anualmente em março em Austin, Texas, nos Estados Unidos. [1] [2] O festival teve início em 1987 e sua importância e tamanho continuam a crescer a cada ano.
South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987 and has continued growing in both scope and size every year.
Learn about the origins and evolution of SXSW, the premier destination for creatives across the globe. Explore the interactive timeline of speakers, artists, filmmakers, and more from 1987 to present.
- History
- Destinations
- Passenger Experience
- Corporate Affairs
- Accidents and Incidents
- Controversies and Passenger Incidents
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- External Links
Southwest Airlines was founded in 1966 by Herbert Kelleher and Rollin King, and incorporated as Air Southwest Co. in 1967. Three other airlines (Braniff, Trans-Texas Airways and Continental Airlines) took legal action to try to prevent the company from its planned strategy of undercutting their prices by flying only within Texas and thus being exem...
As of January 2024[update], Southwest Airlines flies to over 100 destinations in 42 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Southwest does not use the traditional hub-and-spoke system of other major airlines, preferring a point-to-point system combined with a rolling-hubmodel in its base cities.
Southwest solely offers economy-class seats, and does not have business- or first-class cabins on its aircraft.Still, Southwest does offer many amenities, as follows: The company permits two free-of-charge checked bags per passenger,and passengers are permitted to change their flight up to 10 minutes prior to their flights without extra charge. In ...
Business trends
The key trends for Southwest Airlines over recent years are (as of the financial year ending December 31):
Headquarters
The Southwest Airlines headquarters are located on the grounds of Dallas Love Field in Dallas. Chris Sloan of Airwaysmagazine stated they are "as much a living, breathing museum and showcase for the 'culture that LUV built' as they are corporate offices." On September 17, 2012, Southwest broke ground on a new Training and Operational Support building,across the street from its current headquarters building. The property includes a two-story, 100,000-square-foot Network Operations Control buil...
Employment
As of June 30, 2022[update], Southwest Airlines had 62,333 active full-time equivalent employees. According to The Washington Post, it uses the hiring motto of seeking people that have a "Servant's Heart, Warrior Spirit, Fun-LUVing Attitude".It also uses the internal practice of ranking "employees first, customers second". Bob Jordan, formerly executive vice president of corporate services, became Southwest's sixth CEO on February 1, 2022, replacing Gary C. Kelly. Kelly continues as chairman...
Southwest has had nine accidents, including two aircraft hull lossesand four deaths: one accidental passenger death in flight, two non-passenger deaths on the ground, and one passenger death from injuries he sustained when subdued by other passengers while attempting to break into the cockpit of an aircraft. The airline is considered among the safe...
On June 22, 2011, a March 25 recording was released to the press of an apparently inadvertent in-flight radio transmission of Southwest captain James Taylor conversing with his first officer. The conversation was peppered with obscenities directed at gay, overweight, and older flight attendants. According to Southwest, the pilot was reprimanded and...
Southwest Airlines State Fair ClassicEl South by Southwest (abreviado como SXSW y traducido al español como Al sur por el suroeste) 1 es un evento que congrega diversos eventos y conferencias de películas, medios interactivos y música, que tienen lugar cada primavera (por lo general en marzo) en Austin, Texas, Estados Unidos.
South by Southwest é um conjunto de festivais de cinema, música e tecnologia realizado na primavera em Austin, Texas, nos Estados Unidos. O festival começou em 1987 com o envolvimento de jornalistas do Austin Chronicle e continua a crescer a cada ano.
South by Southwest ( SXSW) is a set of festivals and conferences. They are about movies, interactive media, and music. It takes place every year in March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987.
