This release contains: 1 Related DocumentIt's Show Time in the Show-Me State, and Missouri One is center stage.
This Boeing 737-700 is a high-flying representation of the Missouri state flag, prominently featuring the Great Seal of Missouri. The seal, as originally designed by Judge Robert William Wells and adopted by the Missouri General Assembly in 1822, features two grizzly bears embracing the motto "United we stand." The engine cowlings incorporate the center elements of the shield, including a crescent moon, a grizzly bear, and an eagle from the United States coat-of-arms.
Southwest Airlines service to the State of Missouri began on February 18, 1982 when Kansas City International Airport became our 18th destination. Missouri was the 7th state outside of Texas served by Southwest. Service quickly grew from the original two destinations to the current 26 cities served. On St. Patrick's Day of 1985, St. Louis landed on our route map, bringing 17 more daily flights into Missouri from our expanding system, and today offering 34 destinations. Intra-Missouri flights between the two cities became a permanent route on August 15, 1991. When you combine these stations, Missouri represents the 9th largest state in the Southwest network in terms of daily departures.
Missouri played an important role in the repeal of the Wright Amendment, a law passed by Congress in 1979 prohibiting nonstop commercial flights from Southwest Headquarters at Dallas Love Field to destinations beyond the four states directly bordering Texas. In 2005, Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond introduced legislation before Congress to add Missouri to the list of permissible states served from Love Field. Following Senator Bond's amendment being signed into law, a renewed emphasis on the overall repeal of the Wright Amendment was recognized by both the traveling public and Federal Government, ultimately leading a comprehensive reform of the anti-consumer restrictions a year later.
Missouri One Fun Facts
- Born: April 15, 2015
- Hometown: Spokane, WA
- Resides in: 94 destinations in 41 states and six nearby countries
- Length: 110 feet, 4 inches
- Weight: 84,100 pounds
- Parents: Southwest Airlines and the State of Missouri
- Seats: 143
- Hobbies include: Flying high, keeping Southwest Airlines' Customers comfortable, and connecting People to what's important in their lives through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel
- The bears on Missouri One are more than 15 feet tall and 9 feet long.
- Missouri One is the second new addition to Southwest's flagship fleet to incorporate the new features of our Heart livery. (Illinois One was repainted at the end of February.)
- Missouri One boasts 10 different dramatic colors. Painting took:
- 45 people on three shifts
- Nine days, at 24-hours a day (Our Heart livery takes eight days to paint.)
- 56 gallons of paint applied to the Boeing 737's fuselage/wings/tail
- More than 78,000 Bluebirds (the state bird of Missouri) could fit within this high-flying Southwest bird, which typically flies about 37,000 feet higher than its feathered friends!
