Maybe charters outside Texas, but their history page is specific about
schedule service to New Orleans in 1979. By staying inside Texas as an
intrastate airline regulated by the state, they escaped the "help" the
US Government was giving to regulated interstate airlines.
"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
news:jgoodish-327BA1.11394515092005@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
> In article , "sfb"
> wrote:
>
>> Southwest, which starting flying in 1971, didn't fly outside Texas
>> until after deregulation in 1978 when they started service to New
>> Orleans in 1979.
>
>
> I believe that Southwest did fly outside of Texas prior to 1979, but
> they didn't have scheduled service outside of Texas prior to that
> time.
> In any case, how is that relevant? They are still a major carrier
> that
> existed prior to deregulation that has never landed in bankruptcy
> court.
>
>
>
> JKG
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