Southwest media headlines

Jill Hale was 9 years old when she boarded her first Southwest flight out of Midland. The airline had been in the Permian Basin for only a year and she and her 4-year-old brother were flying to the Metroplex to visit family.

Investor's Business Daily - May 18, 2012 By ALAN R. ELLIOTT, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 05/18/2012 06:07 PM ET In a week that squeezed losses from all but three industry groups, airlines lost less altitude than most. In Spotlight: Southwest Rises, Spirit Sees Worst Week Since IPO - The Mumbai Times

Bizjournals.com - May 18, 2012 Delta Air Lines Inc. - the third busiest carrier in Austin - came in last in a survey of how airlines redeem frequent-flier rewards miles.

We have found the following stocks to be trending up over the past 4 days as of Thursday, May 17, 2012. Definitely worth keeping an eye on.

The largest US low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines Co. ( LUV ) plans to double shareholders' returns in the form of dividends and share buybacks.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. : Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Welcomes e-Miles ... 4-traders - 15 hours ago DALLAS, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) announced today the addition of e-Miles as a new Partner of the carrier's frequent flyer program, Rapid Rewards.

Southwest Airlines And Its Dispatchers End Mediation And Announce Tentative ... Sacramento Bee - 17 hours ago By Southwest Airlines DALLAS, May 16, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) 550, representing the carrier's more than 180 Dispatchers, announced today that the two parties have reached a tentative ... Todays Highlight: Southwest Airlines And Its Dispatchers End Mediation And ... - The Mumbai Times

NASDAQ - May 17, 2012 (RTTNews.com) - Southwest Airlines (LUV) said Wednesday that the company and the Transport Workers Union or TWU 550, representing the carrier's more than 180 dispatchers, have reached a tentative agreement for a new, five-year contract through November ...

Southwest Airlines Announces Increase In Dividend And Share Repurchase ... Sacramento Bee - May 17, 2012 By Southwest Airlines DALLAS, May 16, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines' (NYSE: LUV) Board of Directors, at its meeting held today, declared an increase in the quarterly dividend and increased the Company's share repurchase authorization to $1 ...

BusinessWeek - May 16, 2012 By Mary Schlangenstein and Mary Jane Credeur on May 16, 2012 Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) (LUV) deferred deliveries of 30 Boeing Co.

MarketWatch - May 16, 2012 By Ben Fox Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV) declared an increase to its quarterly dividend and raised its share repurchase program by $500 million, as the air carrier looks to bolster its stock value with the shareholder-friendly efforts.

Wall Street Journal - May 16, 2012 ("Southwest CEO Sees 2013 Capacity Flat or Slightly Down From 2012," at 11:46 am EDT, misstated what the airline intends to reduce in the first and fourth paragraphs. Southwest Delays 30 Jet Deliveries to Save $1 Billion - Bloomberg

Wall Street Journal - May 16, 2012 Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) declared an increase to its quarterly dividend and raised its share repurchase program by $500 million, as the air carrier looks to bolster its stock value with the shareholder-friendly efforts.

NASDAQ - May 16, 2012 (RTTNews.com) - Southwest Airlines (LUV) announced that its board has decided to increase the quarterly dividend to $0.01 per share from $0.0045 per share.

Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) Raises Quarterly Dividend 122.2% to $0.01; Yields ... StreetInsider.com (subscription) - May 16, 2012 Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.01 per share, or $0.04 annualized. This is a 122.2% increase from the prior dividend of $0.0045.