southwest airline

Southwest Airlines has evidently demonstrated its high-performance in the airline industry. Southwest’s productivity was higher per employee compare to other major airlines, 2443 passengers were served per employee in 1993. And yet, Southwest airlines had an average of 81 employees per aircraft, compared to 157 and 152 for United and American Airlines respectively. Those figures were clearly ahead of its major competitors. Additionally, Southwest Airlines was able to do this with frequent flights, for example: 39 roundtrips daily between Dallas and Houston. As for price, Southwest Airlines offers a cheap and simple pricing schedule, e.g.: $69 to fly anywhere within California. Southwest Airlines’ overall operation cost was 7.1 cents per seat mile while other airlines were 20-30 percent higher. Clearly, Southwest Airlines was able to achieve real profits, high productivity and low cost which other airlines cann...