Couple Ties the Knot on Southwest Airlines Flight

Friends, family and passengers watched Dottie Coven and Keith Stewart's wedding.

ByABC News
November 3, 2014, 3:27 AM

— -- Dottie Coven and Keith Stewart wanted to make flying fun again.

The Indiana couple got married Sunday, 32,000 feet in the air, on a Southwest Airlines flight from Nashville, Tennessee, to Dallas. The ceremony was a first for Southwest Airlines, according to ABC affiliate WFAA in Dallas-Forth Worth.

Family, friends and passengers watch on as Dottie Coven and Keith Stewart are married, Nov. 2, 2014.
Family, friends and passengers watch on as Dottie Coven and Keith Stewart are married, Nov. 2, 2014.

Coven and Stewart met two years ago. Their jobs take them across the country, so they decided to get married in the air. Stewart wrote a letter to Southwest, and the airline agreed to the wedding request.

“It’s nonstop love,” Stewart told WFAA. “That’s what it’s all about.”

Dottie Coven and Keith Stewart read vows from their mobile phones.
Dottie Coven and Keith Stewart read vows from their mobile phones.

The couple traded in their Rapid Rewards points to acquire 30 tickets for family and friends, according to WFAA. The flight also contained dozens of passengers who watched on, inadvertent wedding guests.

Coven danced down the aisle in her wedding dress.

Dottie Coven dances down the aisle for her wedding on a Southwest Airlines flight, Nov. 2, 2014.
Dottie Coven dances down the aisle for her wedding on a Southwest Airlines flight, Nov. 2, 2014.

The couple read vows from their mobile phones.

“I Dottie, choose you Keith, to be my husband, in front of our friends, our family, and random – but very special – guests,” Coven said.

Dottie Coven and Keith Stewart are married on a Southwest Airlines flight, Nov. 2, 2014.
Dottie Coven and Keith Stewart are married on a Southwest Airlines flight, Nov. 2, 2014.

After their in-flight nuptials, the couple has a honeymoon planned in Puerto Rico, according to WFAA.