Southwest Airlines CEO considers his legacy as he prepares to step down after 17 years. Stephen Keller / Southwest Airlines Skift Take: When Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly took the job in 2004, the airline industry was reeling from the post-9/11 travel slump and rising oil prices. Now, as he gets ready to retire, it's slowly recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. in between, he remade the airline from scrappy discounter to one of the country's largest airlines. — Madhu Unnikrishnan Read the…

Southwest Airlines CEO considers his legacy as he prepares to step down after 17 years. Stephen Keller / Southwest Airlines Skift Take: When Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly took the job in 2004, the airline industry was reeling from the post-9/11 travel slump and rising oil prices. Now, as he gets ready to retire, it's slowly recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. in between, he remade the airline from scrappy discounter to one of the country's largest airlines. — Madhu Unnikrishnan Read the…

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