Southwest Airlines Co.
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1971-
Historical Note
Southwest Airlines Co., more commonly referred to as Southwest or Southwest Airlines, is a United States low-cost scheduled passenger service airline. Originally established as Air Southwest Co. in 1967, it became Southwest Airlines in 1971. The airline continues to operate present-day.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Commercial Airlines Collection (Part 8, S)
Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23-8
Abstract
The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.
Dates:
circa 1910s-2020s; Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Michael Ehl Commercial Aviation Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-10-23
Contents of the Collection
The Michael Ehl Commercial Aviation Collection consists of various documents related to commercial airlines. The collection includes a 1986 timetable for Aspen Airways; a circa 1970s BEA safety booklet; a 1992 Southwest Airlines timetable; a circa 1970s Olympic Airways flight packet; a 1992 Reno Air inaugural ticket; a 1990 Empire Airlines timetable and notepads advertising Coeur D'Alene, Idaho; an Emirates Airlines timetable from 2011-2012; JAL Seattle to Tokyo flight packets, 2012;...
Dates:
1919, circa 1970s-2012
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Gordon E. Glattenberg Aviation Photograph Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-04-28-A
Content Description
The Gordon E. Glattenberg Aviation Photograph Collection is a collection of 2,525 35mm photographic slides and more than 2,500 digital images primarily of commercial aircraft taken by Glattenberg from roughly 1958-2002.The bulk of the collection consists of images depicting commercial airliners. Most of these images show aicraft at airports, either at gates, on tarmacs, taking off or landing, but mixed among these are some images of mechanics working on or refueling planes,...
Dates:
circa 1958-2002
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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