Southwest Airlines

Pilots worry the airline might not recover from the latest debacle.

Southwest Airlines continues to reel from recent storms that threw its schedules into disarray.

The 737 MAX 7 and 10 have been approved to proceed towards entry and return into service.

The hedge will save the airline $1.2 billion this year.

Airlines and FAA spar over cause of disruptions heading into busy July 4th weekend

‘Vast majority’ of the traveling and shipping public will essentially be grounded, say U.S. airline CEOs.

When Southwest Airlines reported its quarterly earnings last week, the company included a $428 million payment received from Boeing to cover a variety of ongoing issues surrounding the grounded 737 MAX aircraft. The MAX has been grounded since March 2019 following two accidents, one in 2018, the other in 2019. Southwest had already accepted delivery […]

Americans planning airline travel the past month have felt as if they’re caught in the middle of a family argument over expectations related to COVID-19. Some airlines said they’ve demanded face coverings while others have only recommended the move. Some airlines said they’d leave the middle seat open to support the social-distancing efforts while others […]

No one wants to bust a company tradition, especially one that’s held fast for decades. Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has a couple of well-known ones. Prominently, the airline has remained profitable for each of the 49 years the company has been in business. Another is that Southwest Airlines has never involuntarily furloughed an employee during that […]

A handful of aviation industry experts believe the social and economic fallout in the US from the COVID-19 virus is the worst seen since the market crash of 2008, others since 9/11, while still others say the airline service cutbacks and employee layoffs are simply unprecedented. Calling the current situation dynamic would be an understatement. […]