DALLAS, April 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest
Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) acknowledges the issuance of Emergency
Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2018-09-51 by the Federal Aviation
Administration to airlines operating CFM56-7B engines. The existing Southwest Airlines
maintenance program meets or exceeds all the requirements specified
in the Airworthiness Directive.
For photos and b-roll of the Southwest's ongoing ultrasonic
inspections of CFM engine fan blades on our Next Generation Fleet,
we invite media to visit swamedia.com for stills and video of our
ongoing inspection process.
ABOUT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
In its 47th year of service, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co.
(NYSE: LUV) continues to differentiate itself from other air
carriers with exemplary Customer Service delivered by more than
56,000 Employees to a Customer base topping 120 million passengers
annually, in recent years. Southwest became the nation's largest
domestic air carrier in 2003 and maintains that ranking based on
the U.S. Department of Transportation's most recent reporting of
domestic originating passengers boarded. During peak travel
seasons, Southwest operates more than 4,000 weekday departures
among a network of 100 destinations in the United States and 10 additional countries.
Southwest has announced its intention to sell tickets in 2018 for
service to Hawaii, subject to
requisite governmental approvals.
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SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.