Southwest Airlines: 25 years of ‘LUV’ in St. Louis and Chicago
Southwest Airlines celebrated the carrier’s 25th anniversary of service at St. Louis Airport and Chicago Midway Airport. To commemorate the occasion, Southwest celebrated with its employees and customers at both airports.
Southwest Airlines launched service to St. Louis on March 17, 1985, with 17 daily nonstop flights to four cities. Today, Southwest is the second largest carrier in terms of daily departures at St. Louis with 70 flights to 25 nonstop destinations, as of March 2010.
Chicago Midway service was launched on March 17, 1985, with eight daily nonstop flights to St. Louis. Southwest is the largest carrier at Chicago Midway, and the third largest carrier in Chicago, with 198 daily flights to 50 nonstop destinations, as of March 2010.