With business travel plummeting, consumers demanding deep discounts and oil prices fluctuating wildly, the airline industry is facing one of its worst downturns ever. So when Southwest Airlines (LUV: 9.79*, +0.01, +0.10%) became one of the few carriers to eke out a profit in the second quarter, you'd think it was time for CEO Gary Kelly to celebrate by tapping that beer vending machine sitting in the corner of his second-floor office.
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