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Southwest Airlines sending ‘gratitude pay’ to workers after holiday meltdown

Southwest Airlines is sending millions of dollars in ‘gratitude pay’ to workers after the historical meltdown that led to 16,700 flight cancellations in late December.

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United Airlines and Southwest Airlines Both Have a Big Problem

A crisis could be looming for the airline industry that could leave you stranded.

The Street

Southwest Airlines pilots’ union calls for ‘historic’ strike vote to ramp up pressure

The Southwest Airlines pilots union is calling for a strike authorization vote in May in the wake of the Dallas-based carrier’s epic holiday meltdown.

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Grounded planes, crashed cars and poisoned water: How faulty software has left society on the edge of disaster

Travel meltdowns at Southwest Airlines and the FAA have exposed how deeply we depend on outdated or unreliable computer systems. Yet as Io Dodds discovers, cancelled flights and ruined holidays are only the tip of the iceberg

The Independent UK

Southwest Airlines CEO Asks (Begs) Customers for Forgiveness

Following the airline's holiday debacle, the CEO just wants one more chance.

The Street

Delta Airlines CEO Slams Lawmakers For 'Unacceptable' Travel Failures

The fall out from the FAA's stop order continues, with a call to fully fund the agency.

The Street

Airline Stocks Are Flying High As Air Travel Demand Increases; Are They A Buy Or A Sell?

The airline industry expects demand to soar coming out of the pandemic. What does that mean for airline stocks?

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‘Captain Doug for the win’: Mum raves about pilot’s kind act after son flies solo

‘He’s one of my favorite pilots I’ve ever seen,’ says 11-year-old

The Independent UK

Billion-Dollar Deal Means Travel Is Back -- but Boeing Isn't Getting a Dime

The latest airline deal is huge -- but it doesn't involve a familiar household name.

The Street

Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan talks about the holiday meltdown and what comes next

Southwest Airlines faced another potential crisis just two weeks after its holiday meltdown as the FAA shut down all flights in the U.S. for nearly two hours last Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Southwest Airlines Has a Problem Bigger Than its Technology

Passengers should be very concerned about the message being sent by the airline's pilots.

The Street

Everything ‘is on the table’ as Southwest Airlines CEO tries to prevent another meltdown

Southwest Airlines has hired an outside firm to figure out what it needs to prevent another cancellation meltdown like the one over the holidays and “everything that we need to do to mitigate risk is on the table,” CEO Bob Jordan said Thursday.

Tribune News Service

FAA's ground stop proves business needs a functioning government to thrive

Gridlock and partisan stalemate are not good for business or the economy.

Fortune

Here's the latest on the NOTAM outage that caused flight delays and cancellations

The Federal Aviation Administration said late Wednesday that early work traced the blackout to a "damaged database file."

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Southwest under fire for promoting executives amid flight meltdown that left thousands stranded

Company had a nightmarish holiday season with Biden administration promising to hold it accountable

The Street

Are Airlines Placing Their Employees In Untenable Situations?

An expert explains why the Southwest meltdown was predictable, and what that really means for the industry.

The Street

Southwest Airlines Made an Unforced Error

The airline had a major meltdown that left passengers stranded. It didn't have to.

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‘It’s been rough’: passengers weather another day of chaos at US airports

From weather disruptions to computer problems to crew shortages, customers are once again caught in travel limbo

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Southwest Airlines Jumps Into Fare War With JetBlue

You can go a long way for $39 this month.

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Washington presses Southwest Airlines for prompt refunds, reimbursements after meltdown

The U.S. Department of Transportation and Secretary Pete Buttigieg will require Southwest Airlines to give prompt refunds and reimburse extra expenses after its holiday cancellation meltdown, adding pressure from Washington to speed along a move the carrier is already making to placate customers.

The Street

Southwest Airlines Makes Moves Customers May Question

The airline is still not out of the woods after a holiday weekend that left thousands of travelers stranded.

Tribune News Service

Wall Street investors shrug off Southwest Airlines’ holiday meltdown

Southwest Airlines has regained most of the value it lost on Wall Street when its operations cratered in late December and left hundreds of thousands of passengers without flights around Christmas.

The Independent UK

Can airline darling Southwest recover from a holiday meltdown of its own making?

Simon Calder loves the carrier that Herb Kelleher founded in Texas in 1971. But there are limits

Tribune News Service

Southwest crisis reveals clubby world of airline leaders

The operational chaos that engulfed Southwest Airlines Co. over the busy holiday period was a crisis decades in the making.

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Southwest’s holiday meltdown was decades in the making

Are you done with Southwest Airlines, after your Christmas and New Year’s travel was ruined by the airline?

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