$330,000 of SOUTHWEST AIRLINES lobbying was just disclosed, from Q4 of 2024, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"American Relief Act (H.R. 10545); Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act for FY25 (H.R. 9028/S. 4796); Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY25 (H.R. 8752); Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for FY25 (H.R. 8773/S. 4928). Specific issues include: air traffic control operations, modernization, and staffing; aircraft operations, maintenance, and safety; airport access and infrastructure; commercial aviation taxes and fees; Airport and Airways Trust Fund; airline customer service and consumer protection, including family seating; passengers with disabilities; airlines rewards programs; aviation workforce staffing; airline fare and fee distribution and display; aircraft environment and noise issues; sustainable aviation fuels; aviation security, including crew, passenger, baggage and cargo screening; customs and passenger facilitation issues; cybersecurity; unmanned aircraft; and war risk insurance.
American Relief Act (H.R. 10545); Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY25 (H.R. 8752). Specific issues include: aviation security, including employee, passenger, baggage, and cargo screening; customs and passenger facilitation; unmanned aircraft, and cybersecurity.
American Relief Act (H.R. 10545); Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act for FY25 (H.R. 9028/S. 4796); Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY25 (H.R. 8752); Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for FY25 (H.R. 8773/S. 4928). Specific issues include: air traffic control operations, modernization, and staffing; aircraft operations, maintenance, and safety; airport access and infrastructure; commercial aviation taxes and fees; Airport and Airways Trust Fund; airline customer service and consumer protection; passengers with disabilities; aviation workforce staffing; airline fare and fee distribution and display; aircraft environment and noise issues; sustainable aviation fuels; aviation security, including crew, passenger, baggage and cargo screening; customs and passenger facilitation issues; cybersecurity; unmanned aircraft; and war risk insurance.
Credit Card Competition Act (S. 1838/ H.R. 3881); and credit card rewards and airline frequent flier programs.
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act for FY25 (H.R. 9028/S. 4796); Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for FY25 (H.R. 8773/S. 4928). Specific issues include: commercial aviation taxes and fees, and Airport and Airways Trust Fund."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
LUV Insider Trading Activity
LUV insiders have traded $LUV stock on the open market 165 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 163 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $LUV stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- RAKESH GANGWAL has made 163 purchases buying 2,894,096 shares for an estimated $85,770,040 and 0 sales.
- INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L.P. ELLIOTT sold 1,203,920 shares for an estimated $35,912,933
- LINDA B. RUTHERFORD (Chief Administration Officer) sold 3,849 shares for an estimated $132,386
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
LUV Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 322 institutional investors add shares of LUV stock to their portfolio, and 383 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L.P. added 55,116,500 shares (+918.6%) to their portfolio in Q3 2024, for an estimated $1,633,101,895
- NOMURA HOLDINGS INC removed 16,790,949 shares (-84.7%) from their portfolio in Q3 2024, for an estimated $497,515,818
- FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC added 15,724,018 shares (+76.4%) to their portfolio in Q3 2024, for an estimated $465,902,653
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC removed 9,304,646 shares (-72.9%) from their portfolio in Q3 2024, for an estimated $275,696,660
- T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. removed 7,093,104 shares (-87.3%) from their portfolio in Q3 2024, for an estimated $210,168,671
- UBS GROUP AG removed 6,531,133 shares (-74.5%) from their portfolio in Q3 2024, for an estimated $193,517,470
- JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC added 3,111,946 shares (+608.5%) to their portfolio in Q3 2024, for an estimated $92,206,959
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
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