Southwest Jet Makes Unplanned Stop For Ill Co-Pilot
The co-pilot was fine after being checked by medics, according to Southwest.
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The co-pilot was fine after being checked by medics, according to Southwest.
The deadline for airlines to make their pitch for a limited number of slots is a week from Wednesday.
New labor agreement includes 20 percent wage increase, first raises in five years for many ramp workers.
Southwest Airlines on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter net income of $536 million. The Dallas company stated that it had net income of 82 cents per share. The results met Wall Street expectations.
Southwest Airlines plans to appeal a judge's order that lets Delta Air Lines continue operating at Dallas Love Field during a dispute over gates.
Authorities say a Southwest Airlines flight has been circling for several hours over a Northern California airport due to landing gear problems.
Airlines are shifting the timing of thousands of flights, even adding dozens of redeyes, as they try to avoid delays while hauling millions of passengers from now through the Christmas weekend.
The company says employees skipped work without permission to attend union meetings in California and Florida last month.
Nine people on the plane were treated and released from a local hospital.
133 passengers and five crew members evacuated the plane safely and were bused to the airport, where employees were helping them.
A Southwest Airlines flight has made an emergency landing in San Antonio after a part on the wing appeared to be at an 'irregular angle.'
Dallas-based Southwest said Tuesday that revenue for every seat flown one mile will be flat to down 1 percent in the fourth quarter compared with the same period last year. Just a month ago, the airline predicted a 1 percent increase.
For the second time this month, pilots trying to land at Dallas Love Field Airport have been forced to deal with laser strikes hitting their planes.
Pilots with Southwest Airlines, a corporate jet and a Cesna all reported being hit by lasers Thursday night.
The hunt is on to find the person who blinded several pilots with a laser. The strikes happened on Wednesday night to two planes that were all approaching Dallas Love Field.
Southwest Airlines Co. unionized pilots have rejected a proposed four-year labor contract.
Southwest Airlines on Thursday morning reported a third-quarter net income of $584 million.
A Southwest Airlines jetliner on its way to San Francisco returned to Los Angeles International Airport shortly after takeoff because of a fight between two passengers, officials said.
Southwest Airlines now expects Monday to be a normal operating day, after a technical glitch on Sunday.
Southwest asks customers flying Sunday to arrive at airports two hours before departure.
Southwest Airlines is trying to get in front of a travel club promotion that the airline feels is deceiving its customers.
Delta Airlines will have to wait to learn whether it will be allowed to continue permanently operating out of Dallas Love Field Airport.
Southwest Airlines is so intent on strengthening its grip over Dallas Love Field that it is paying United Airlines $120 million to control two more gates at the airport near downtown.
A Dallas federal judge heard arguments Monday over over who should and should not be allowed to fly out of two gates at Dallas Love Field Airport.
Employers expected to attend include Bank of America, Southwest Airlines and PepsiCo.
