Southwest Airlines Appoints Former AirTran Holdings Board Member to Its Board of Directors

Southwest Airlines LUV today announced that on Aug. 17, 2011, its Board of Directors appointed J. Veronica Biggins to the Board. Biggins was a member of the Board of Directors for AirTran Holdings, Inc., parent company of AirTran Airways, which was acquired by Southwest Airlines in a deal that was completed in May 2011.