Southwest Airlines fined for meltdown that canceled nearly 17,000 flights last holiday season

DALLAS — Southwest Airlines will pay a $35 million fine ... in December 2022 when the airline canceled thousands of flights and stranded more than 2 million travelers over the holidays. Read More

Southwest Airlines gears up for busy travel days 2 years after major system failures

Two years after a holiday meltdown, Southwest Airlines continues to recover from system failures that led to thousands of cancellations and hefty fines. Read More

American Airlines resumes flights in the U.S. and averts the Southwest Airlines holiday meltdown of 2022

The ground stop brought back some memories of 2022 when Southwest Airlines ( LUV) experienced a major technical outage that caused widespread disruption to holiday travel for more than a week. That ... Read More

U.S. DOT Fines Southwest Airlines $140 Million For 2022 Christmas Fail

With this fine ... news, Southwest wasn’t the only airline to fail travelers last holiday season and at many other times during the last few years. We know that DOT is investigating multiple ... Read More

What Southwest’s $140 million fine tells us about the broken air travel system

Southwest Airlines ... of Transportation fine over consumer protection violations. Now, as a record 7.5 million people are predicted to start flying for this December’s holidays, Southwest ... Read More

Southwest Airlines moves closer to a holiday pilots' strike

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. Last year, a winter storm caused Southwest Airlines ... Read More

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

Southwest Airlines is giving assurances that it is prepared for the busy winter holiday travel season this year. That should be good news, considering that over 7 million people are expected to ... Read More