Southwest Airlines
2702 Love Field Drive, Dallas, Texas, 75235, United States
Overview
In its 43rd year of service, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) continues to differentiate itself from other carriers with exemplary Customer Service delivered by nearly 45,000 Employees to more than 100 million Customers annually. Southwest is the nation's largest carrier in terms of originating domestic passengers boarded and operates the largest fleet of Boeing aircraft in the world to serve 96 destinations in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and five near-international countries via wholly owned subsidiary, AirTran Airways. Southwest is one of the most honored airlines in the world, known for its triple bottom line approach that takes into account the carrier's performance and productivity, the importance of its People and the communities it serves, and its commitment to efficiency and the planet. The 2012 Southwest Airlines One Report™ can be found at southwest.com/citizenship.
- Total investments
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- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
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- Active investors
- 9
Sector focus
- Public Transportation
Investment portfolio
- LanzaJet
Led · Equity · Feb 2024
LanzaJet develops and licenses patented ethanol-based alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) technology to create sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. Its flagship Freedom Pines Fuels plant in Soperton, Georgia is the world’s first fully integrated, commercial-scale ethanol-to-fuels facility and, in late 2025, produced ASTM on-spec jet fuel, marking the first commercial-scale SAF made from ethanol. The company’s technology offers a non-oil-based, scalable solution compatible with today’s aircraft, positioning it to accelerate decarbonization in aviation. LanzaJet is also advancing Project Speedbird, a major SAF biorefinery planned for Teesside in the United Kingdom, aided by a grant from the UK Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund. An innovative multi-year tolling structure at Freedom Pines secures waste-based ethanol feedstock and guarantees offtake for all production. Financially, the firm has attracted backing from strategic investors such as Airbus, All Nippon Airways, Breakthrough Energy, IAG, Shell, and Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund. The latest capital raise values the company at $650 million pre-money and supports further commercial deployments of its ATJ technology.
Team
Herb Kelleher
Founder
Brian Dunlap
Solution Architect
Steven Goldberg
Vice President Ground Operations
Andrew Watterson
Chief Operating Officer
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