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What we compareAir FloridaSouthwest Airlines
Country in archiveUnited StatesUnited States
Founded1971March 9, 1967
Founder—Herb Kelleher and Rollin King
HeadquartersMiami-Dade County, United States, United StatesDallas, Texas, United States
Name originThe sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the Air Florida name.The airline was incorporated in 1967 as Air Southwest Co. and took the name Southwest Airlines in 1971, when it began flying within Texas. The sources used here do not explain why the founders chose the word Southwest, so no meaning is claimed beyond the name's plain geographic sense.
HighlightsMiami International AirportBoeing 737 fleet, Dallas Love Field, Rapid Rewards
Earliest archived brand logo19761971
Latest archived logo19762014
Archived logo assets16

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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