Southwest Entertainment: The Airline That Became Southwest Airlines

Southwest Entertainment was a Dallas-based charter airline (1949–1985) serving the Texas oil industry. It operated Douglas DC-3s, later Fokker F27s and Convair 640s, flying to Dallas, Houston, Midland-Odessa, Shreveport, and Tulsa.

In 1985, it merged with Air Central to form Southwest Airlines, today a major U.S. low-cost carrier. Southwest Entertainment's legacy: safe, reliable charter service for the energy sector.