FounderDuels

SAS Group vs Southwest Airlines

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

SAS Group is the older of the two, founded in 1946 — 21 years before Southwest Airlines.

Founded
1946
1967
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Stockholm, Sweden
Dallas, United States
Industry
air transport
air transport
Founders
Not recorded
Herb Kelleher
Employees
7,532
59,793
Legal form
aktiebolag
For-Profit Corporation
Listed on
Not recorded
New York Stock Exchange

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on SAS Group and Southwest Airlines.