Southwest CEO Refuses To Step Down As Activist Investor Turns Screw
Southwest CEO Refuses To Step Down As Activist Investor Turns Screw
Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) CEO Bob Jordan is determined to keep his top spot at the company, despite pressure from an activist investor that is looking to shake up the leadership and make other changes.
南西航空公司（紐約證券交易所:LUV）首席執行官鮑勃·喬丹決心保住他在公司的高層領導地位，儘管受到來自激進投資者的壓力，該投資者正在尋求改變領導層和其他方面的變革。
Jordan said on Wednesday that he will not resign as CEO as the airline endures pressure from Elliott Investment Management, which on Monday called for executive and board changes and is eyeing changes to Southwest's open-seating policy and other possible revisions, Reuters reported.
據路透社報道，喬丹週三表示，他不會辭去CEO職務，儘管南西航空公司受到Elliott投資管理公司的壓力，後者於週一呼籲進行高管和董事會變動，並考慮對南西航空的無座位政策和其他可能的改變進行修改。
Southwest and Elliott did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for comment.
南西航空公司和Elliott尚未對Benzinga的置評作出回應。
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Talking to reporters in Washington after an event, Jordan said the air carrier will "sit down and listen to them", but he also said "I have no plans to resign" as CEO of Southwest, having worked there for 36 years, according to Reuters.
據路透社報道，喬丹在華盛頓的一次活動後對記者說，空運公司將“坐下來聽他們的意見”，但他也說“我沒有辭職的計劃”作爲南西航空公司的CEO，他在那裏工作了36年。
He said Southwest expects to receive only 20 planes from Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) this year, down from 80 planes forecasted initially from the aerospace company.
他說，南西航空公司預計今年只收到來自波音公司（紐約證券交易所:BA）的20架飛機，而不是最初預計從這家航空航天公司接收80架飛機。
Jordan is scheduled to meet with the head of the Federal Aviation Administration later on Wednesday to discuss Boeing, after visiting Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) to discuss quality issues. He plans to visit Boeing again in two weeks.
喬丹計劃在兩週後再次訪問波音公司供應商spirit aerosystems（紐約證券交易所:SPR）討論質量問題之前，於週三晚些時候與聯邦航空管理局局長會面討論波音公司。
Jordan said he had heard Elliott may propose bag fees, but Southwest said its customer data shows that nearly 50% of its customers pick the airline because of its no-bag fee policy.
喬丹表示，他聽說Elliott可能會提出行李費的建議，但南西航空公司的客戶數據顯示，近50%的客戶選擇該航空公司是因爲它的免費行李政策。
But he also told reporters that Southwest is considering changes to its open-seating policy and possibly adding premium seating or extra leg-room seats, Reuters said.
但路透社稱，他還告訴記者，南西航空公司正在考慮對其無座位政策進行修改，並可能增加高級座位或額外的腿部空間座位。
Southwest plans to unveil a "very broad plan" at an investor day in September, Jordan said.
喬丹表示，南西航空公司計劃在9月的投資者日上公佈“非常廣泛的計劃”。
LUV Price action: Southwest shares have risen 1.03% to $28.34 at the time of publication Wednesday.
LUV價格走勢：南方股份在週三（發佈時）上漲1.03%至28.34美元。
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