Southwest had a very successful charter operation for the 2014 NCAA Basketball Tournament this year. We operated 66 charters—18 of them alumni and fans—slightly more than the 62 charters operated last year. We carried more than 7,000 folks on these charters, which were full of teams, bands, university officials, alumni, and fans!
This year’s men’s tournament began March 20and ended on April 7. We flew the University of Florida and University of Kentucky teams, plus their respective university officials, to Dallas for the final games! We also carried the University of Connecticut band, cheer teams, and hundreds of alumni and fans to Dallas. In all, we operated 20 charter flights in/out of Dallas. (On a related note, we also were able to fly the SMU men’s basketball team to New York and back to Dallas for the finals of the NIT Tournament!)
The NCAA women’s tournament ran from March 22 through April 8, and we operated charters the entire time, including the final games as we carried both the Stanford and University of Connecticut women’s teams and university officials to Nashville for their final tournament games.
The success of our NCAA Basketball Tournament Charters would not have been possible without great Teamwork from all our Employee groups, and we thank you for the outrageous service you all gave our Customers.
Here are the Teams, alumni, and fans our airline transported for the tournaments:
Men
Arizona State
Florida
Gonzaga
Iowa State
Kentucky
North Carolina Central
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Providence
Stanford
Steven F Austin
Tulsa
New Mexico
UCLA
University of Texas
Wisconsin
Women
Albany
Baylor
DePaul
Maryland
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Prairie View A&M
Stanford
UC Berkeley
University of Texas
University of Connecticut
Vanderbilt
West Virginia
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Thanks for taking good care of my Mustangs!
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Big Blue can sit next to me any time!
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