Why does southwest use wn

I chatted the other night with a friend who works for Southwest Airlines. The simple reply? So Southwest had to pick something. Thanks, Southwest. Another theory floating around is that Southwest wanted to be snarky.

Southwest officials once again met with Air Namibia with offers of assistance and aircraft parts as Air Namibia also had the Boeing in its fleet. Chris Carley is the owner, editor, and lead writer of Eye of the Flyer formerly known as Rene's Points. WN was available. Both letters in the name of the company. Newbies cant be picky when it comes to code assignments.

It could have been worse. I always wondered about that. I think jet blue is B6 not J6 though at least in Sabre. Knock knock. Ma ma stone. Ma stone who? Maybe a good www. New Arrival. Well, that blows our book keepers explanation of why its WN.

What ever happened to Wein I don't know, merger or bankruptcy or something on that order. It almost seemed plausible. Southwest establish after NW, so legacy carrier get their prefer name and then Southwest-low cost airlines.

I have no way to verify the USA Today story. Wien's airline code was WC. Prior to deregulation airlines needed a federal certificate of public convenience and necessity. When they had plans to expand beyond the state of Texas, Southwest bought the ceftificate from another carrier that I think was Western. In the Government system each carrier had a two letter identifier so when Southwest bought Western's certificate, they became WN. Submit a Blog. Protecting our Planet through Environmental Stewardship.

Hispanic Heritage Month from Behind the Lens. Get started here. Flashback Fridays: Why WN? But why WN for Southwest? This question was one that I had since first attending FLY class at the beginning of my career here. Although this made for a wonderful Southwest urban legend, I was a little hesitant to accept it. The first question I asked to my predecessor Brian Lusk was to see if he could confirm or deny this.

Within about two minutes of sending my e-mail I received a response that, although he too found this humorous, it was not the case. Our Company of today was not the first to take to the skies under such a name. In the s, Herb wrote to Air Namibia to see if they may be interested in some sort of an exchange. Another attempt was made in when then Southwest Intern John Chaussee now Director of Airport Security was tasked with negotiating a deal with the newly independent nation of Namibia following their adoption of a constitution separating the nation from many years of German and South African influence.

John, as a young attorney, met with staff from the newly formed government at the United Nations in New York as they had not yet established an official embassy in Washington.

The offer, once again involving a monetary commitment, also included assistance with aircraft parts. Once this was shared with their leadership back in Namibia, another astronomical financial demand was returned. Although several other negotiations took place thereafter, Southwest Airlines and Air Namibia were not able to come to acceptable terms and the conversation ceased.