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Southwest Airlines hit with 0 million fine, consumer backlash

Explore an update on New York airports' holiday season travel, flight cancellations, delays, and the record fine Southwest Airlines is ordered to pay.

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Up First briefing: Defense Secretary visits Israel; Southwest to pay $140 million fine

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Israel amid concerns about Palestinian casualties. Southwest is ordered to pay $140 million for its 2022 holiday travel meltdown.

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Southwest Airlines fined $140 million for 2022 holiday chaos

Southwest Airlines is paying a $35 million fine as part of a $140 million settlement with the government over a meltdown last holiday season

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Southwest will pay a $140 million fine for its meltdown during the 2022 holidays

The U.S. Transportation Department ordered Southwest Airlines to pay a $140 million civil penalty as part of an agreement over operational failures that stranded millions of passengers a year ago.

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Southwest Airlines has a seating policy you might not know about

Forget its unique boarding process: Southwest Airlines has a way some passengers can get free seats.

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Southwest Airlines Says It's Ready for Winter After 2022's Troubles

Southwest Airlines is discussing its preparedness for winter travel after a meltdown in 2022.

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Prepare for hellish travel this holiday season. After decades of consolidation and cut backs, can air travel be fixed?

Flying is so bad that the U.S. government can’t keep up with all the people complaining about it. One expert thinks there’s a solution.

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Southwest Airlines faces an unexpected labor issue

While it gets ready for winter, the airline has a surprising situation with a key employee group.

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Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines reject a contract their union negotiated with the airline

Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines are saying no to a contract offer hammered out by their union and the airline

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This $39 fare sale actually gives you time to plan your vacation

The airline is telling travelers to 'hightail it outta town' for the holidays.

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Southwest Airlines has a boarding problem it can't solve

The airline has an issue that many of its loyal passengers are angry about and it admits it can't solve it.

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Safety officials release details of their investigation into a close call between planes in Texas

Safety officials are releasing details of their investigation into a close call between a FedEx plane and a Southwest Airlines jet earlier this year in Austin, Texas

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Southwest Airlines passenger hospitalised after climbing onto plane wing

Video appeared to show the passenger sprinting across the tarmac and being tackled to the ground by airport staff

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Southwest Airlines flight reportedly disrupted by passenger

A troubling incident involving a passenger occurs on a Southwest Airlines flight in New Orleans.

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Southwest and American Airlines workers take key strike steps

Passengers on both airlines need to be worried about potential travel disruptions during the cold weather months.

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Southwest Airlines trying massive customer perk

The airline sits in between budget carriers like Spirit and Frontier and full-fare carriers like Delta, United, and American Airlines but this move would up its game.

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Southwest Airlines pilot issues a dire holiday warning

Southwest Airlines customers are being warned about another potential holiday meltdown.

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A United Airlines boarding change punishes passengers

Southwest Airlines pioneered unique boarding but it did so in a way that shows respect for customers who pay more.

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Next 2 days likely to be this week's busiest. Here's when not to be on the road -- or in the airport

Millions of people are expected to hit airports and highways in record numbers over the Thanksgiving holiday

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American and Southwest Airlines facing holiday strikes

American Airlines flight attendants are likely to take a key step toward a labor stoppage that could impact the early part of 2024.

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Southwest Airlines sets another subtle price increase

The airline, which prides itself on what it calls "transfarency," has made a change that passengers are not going to like.

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Southwest Airlines is planning a major flight scheduling change

Southwest chief executive Bob Jordan hinted at the possibility of red-eye flights.

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Southwest Airlines makes major change that passengers won't like

Travelers should act quickly before the holidays.

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A Southwest Airlines holiday pilot strike just got a lot more real

The airline has addressed a lot of the problems that led to last year's meltdown, but its pilots could bring the whole system down again.

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Behind the tailspin at American Airlines that has sent debt soaring, investors fleeing, and the stock plunging 90% to a level one analyst calls ‘bonkers’

Out of the Big Four airlines, American's valuation is the lowest by a wide margin, meaning that investors wager that it will do far, far worse going forward than its beaten-down peers.

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