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- ↑ "Texas Aeronautics Commission". Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ↑ Muse, Lamar (2002). Southwest Passage. Eakin Press. pp. 2–3. ISBN 1571687394.
- ↑ Bailey, Elizabeth E.; Graham, David R.; Kaplan, Daniel P. (May 1983). Deregulating the Airlines: An Economic Analysis (Report). Civil Aeronautics Board. pp. 19–25. hdl:2027/ien.35556021337282.
- ↑ BG&K 1983, p. 25-34.
- ↑ Dockrey, Christy E. (December 1996). Southwest Airlines: A Texas Airline in an Era of Deregulation (Master of Arts thesis). Texas Tech University. pp. 134–135.