Southwest Air makes key appointment in turnaround effort
The airline calls new exec a 'tremendous asset to our executive team.'
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Airline investors know well that Southwest Airlines (LUV) has had a particularly rough year.
After the activist investor Elliott Investment Management last June disclosed a roughly 11% stake in the airline valued then at $1.9 billion, the firm publicly called to oust Chief Executive Bob Jordan and then Chairman Gary Kelly.