Origin of the WN designation ????

The WN designation for Southwest, anyone know the history?
Inquiring minds want to know.:cool:

When I worked there, the inside info was that WN stood for We're Nuts...

I guess they had wanted SW but it was already spoken for by Air Namibia, so Herb said give me anything.....We're Nuts and then came the WN code.

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Originally Posted by vulindlela

I guess they had wanted SW but it was already spoken for by Air Namibia, so Herb said give me anything.....We're Nuts and then came the WN code.

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“We’re nuts!”…and with that off hand remark, a marketing strategy was born.
The Southwest bag of peanuts!


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The company doesn't have an "official" reason why it was chosen. There's multiple possible reasons, i.e. We're Nuts, random letter generation, or my favorite, Wiskey Napkin since that's where the idea of SWA was first born (Herb and Rollin King drew out the "Texas Triangle" of DAL-HOU-SAT-DAL as the routes they wanted to run).

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Originally Posted by SKC

... or my favorite, Whiskey Napkin since that's where the idea of SWA was first born (Herb and Rollin King drew out the "Texas Triangle" of DAL-HOU-SAT-DAL as the routes they wanted to run).

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I'll drink to that!:cool: