Travelers check in at a Southwest Airlines ticket counter during the busy Christmas holiday season at Orlando International Airport on December 28, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Paul Hennessy | Anadolu Ag...
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Let The Country Benefit From The JetBlue Effect
Richard Branson once famously said (reflecting on his adventure with Virgin Atlantic), “If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.” For his part, Warren Bu...
Southwest faces Senate hearing over holiday travel chaos
Passengers check in for a Southwest Airlines Co. flight inside Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, on August 10, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Ima...
Southwest Senate testimony on holiday meltdown to tout fixes
A Southwest Airlines passenger jet lands at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on December 28, 2022. Kamil Krzaczynski | AFP | Getty Images Southwest Airlines plans to apologiz...
Southwest faces Senate hearing over holiday meltdown
John and Lori Ingoldsby, who drove to Denver after the first leg of their flight on Southwest Airlines was canceled, wait for a flight to finish their trip at Denver International Airport on December ...
Southwest Airlines customers are keeping loyal despite holiday meltdown
Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV), on Thursday, disappointed both in terms of its quarterly results and future guidance. Shares are down 5.0% this morning. CEO Jordan apologised to customers The world...
Southwest, Tesla, Las Vegas Sands
A Southwest Airlines Co. Boeing 737 passenger jet pushes back from a gate at Midway International Airport (MDW) in Chicago, Illinois. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies m...
Southwest Airlines (LUV) earnings Q4 2022
Travelers check in at a Southwest Airlines ticket counter during the busy Christmas holiday season at Orlando International Airport on December 28, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Paul Hennessy | Anadolu Ag...
Southwest Airlines Under Federal Investigation For Possible ‘Deceptive’ Scheduling
Topline The Department of Transportation is investigating whether Southwest Airlines executives may have broken federal law by knowingly offering unrealistic scheduling options during its “holiday deb...
Southwest CEO maps out a recovery after holiday meltdown
Travelers at Baltimore Washington International airport deal with the impact of Southwest Airlines canceling more than 12,000 flights around the Christmas holiday weekend across the country and in Bal...
Key Senate Democrats push Southwest CEO for answers on holiday meltdown
Southwest Airlines Executive Vice President Bob Jordan speaks as he is interviewed by CNBC outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 9, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reute...
Southwest Airlines’ Reliability Problem Starts With Their Schedule
Travelers crowd a Southwest customer service desk after cancellation of thousands of flights over … [+] the holidays. AFP via Getty Images Southwest Airlines had a major operational meltdown ove...
4 Important Leadership Lessons From Southwest Airlines’ Holiday Meltdown
4 Important Lessons Learned From Southwest Airlines’ Holiday Meltdown CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Things went south for Southwest over the December holidays, as the airline canceled more ...
Southwest Crisis Reveals Clubby World of Airline Leaders
(Bloomberg) — The operational chaos that engulfed Southwest Airlines Co. over the busy holiday period was a crisis decades in the making. Most Read from Bloomberg In the aftermath of a meltdown ...
Southwest Airlines Stock Continues To Drop In The Wake Of Canceled Flights
| Getty Images Key takeaways Southwest Airlines has been considered one of the best airline stocks for many years. The company failed to reinvest in its systems, compounding the issues that surfaced d...
Does The Southwest Snafu Suggest The Need For A Technology And Innovation Committee Of Directors On Boards?
TOPSHOT – A Southwest Airlines employee sorts through unclaimed luggage at Hollywood Burbank Airport … [+] in Burbank, California, on December 27, 2022. – More than 10,000 flights ca...
Southwest Airlines cancellations abate after holidays but costs pile up
Pristine Floyde searches for a friend’s suitcase in a baggage holding area for Southwest Airlines at Denver International Airport on December 28, 2022 in Denver, Colorado. Michael Ciaglo | Getty...
Southwest Airlines Gets Even More Bad News
Holiday travel is stressful under the best of circumstances, but passengers who opted for Southwest Airlines last month had an especially harrowing ordeal. A winter storm wreaked havoc on America over...
Southwest Offers 25,000 Frequent Flier Points To Travelers Affected By Mass Cancellations
Topline Southwest Airlines on Tuesday offered 25,000 frequent flier bonus points as a “gesture of goodwill” to some passengers who were affected by last week’s mass cancellations, according to the Wal...
Southwest’s Holiday Meltdown And The Myth That It’s A Point-To-Point Airline
They connect passengers, too. getty In the media coverage of Southwest Airline’s holiday disaster, there have been all sorts of prognostications regarding the reasons for the meltdown which stranded a...
Southwest Faces Class Action Suit Over Holiday Meltdown — Here’s What Stranded Passengers Can Expect As Airline Deals With Fallout
Topline Southwest Airlines is facing a class action lawsuit from a passenger who claims the carrier did not refund his tickets for canceled flights during the company’s operational meltdown last month...
Every Single Airline Stock Fell In 2022, But Let’s Look Forward
Travelers wait to go through security at San Francisco International Airport on December 22. Photo … [+] by David Paul Morris. © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP U.S. airline executives may be brimming...
Southwest Airlines says holiday meltdown will hit Q4 results
Southwest Airlines’ holiday meltdown will “certainly” hit its fourth-quarter results, executives said Thursday, adding it will take several weeks to work through affected travelers&#...
Southwest cancels more flights as rival carriers cap fares for stranded flyers
Southwest Airlines slashed another 2,500 flights on Wednesday, sending more frustrated customers scrambling to find seats on other airlines. The Dallas-based carrier’s cuts amounted to 60% of it...
Shaw Communications, Li Auto, Southwest and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Shaw Communications (SJR) – Canada’s Competition Tribunal dismissed an attempt by the country’s competition watchdog to block the ...
Netflix, Cal-Maine Foods, Southwest and more
In this photo illustration the Netflix logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen, with graphic representation of the stock market in the background. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out...
Over 2,300 Southwest Flights Canceled Thursday—But Weekend Looks Promising
Topline Southwest Airlines has canceled just a small number of weekend flights as of Thursday, a sign the budget airline is on its way to recovery after it called off thousands of trips this week amid...
Tesla, Cal-Maine, Southwest and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Tesla (TSLA) – Tesla rallied 4.4% in the premarket after posting its first rise in eight sessions Wednesday, softening the blow to its stock i...