Southwest Airlines And Pilots Reach Tentative Agreement
Southwest Airlines announced a new tentative agreement with the Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association.
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Southwest Airlines announced a new tentative agreement with the Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association.
Southwest expects a key revenue figure will drop 1 percent in the third quarter, compared with a year earlier. That's much smaller than the 6.5 percent decline that Delta Air Lines reported for August.
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines and Atlanta-based Delta Airlines remain in a bitter dispute in federal court over two gates.
The airline says Flight No. 1522 from San Diego to Chicago was diverted Monday night to Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport in Amarillo, Texas.
Airline fare wars are making a comeback. Don't expect widespread sales or cheap flights home for Thanksgiving. But a number of cities are seeing ridiculously low prices at off-peak hours — prices the industry has spent the years trying to eliminate.
An inspector discovered Southwest improperly recorded a temporary repair to the aluminum skin of a plane's rear cargo door as a permanent repair.
The federal judge overseeing the lawsuit over a gate currently used by Delta Airlines is telling all the parties to get it together. The judge set a date for the hearing, over the use and control of Love Field's Gate 15, for September 28 and 29.
Southwest Airlines makes the Top 25 workplaces that provide the best work-life balance, according to Indeed.com, a job search site.
Cheaper fuel and full planes are adding up to record airline profits, and the carriers are sharing the bounty with stockholders.
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $608 million.
Mergers have reduced nine large U.S. airlines to four, with the result that travelers are increasingly finding their home airport dominated by just one or two players.
This comes after news last week, the government was looking into whether the airlines are price-fixing.
Southwest Airlines says it has a tentative contract agreement with the union representing its flight attendants.
A document obtained by The Associated Press shows the Justice Department is investigating whether airlines are colluding to grow at a slower pace as part of an effort to keep airfares high.
Southwest allowing customers to see its early 2016 flight schedule by extending it from Jan. 6 to Mar. 8, 2016.
The airline proudly proclaimed itself a holdout on fees for years, allowing passengers to check one bag for free. Now it will charge up to $25 for checked luggage.
Delta Air Lines will stay at Dallas Love Field — for now — while the airline and rival Southwest argue in court about space at the crowded airport.
The City of Dallas is squeezed between competing legal claims over gate use at Love Field, so the city is asking a Federal Court to decide the issue.
Tropical Storm Bill has made landfall in south Texas and flights from Love Field are being affected after weather forced Houston airports to cancel more than 100 flights so far today.
The planes hit while one was departing from a loading gate at Bob Hope Airport on Saturday. Passengers on both planes were moved back into the terminal after the incident.
Zachary Ziba, who's out on bond, faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The FAA says a drone came within a few hundred feet of left wing of a Southwest Airlines jet on final approach into Dallas Love Field Friday afternoon.
Heavy traffic spurred by a fare sale has swamped Southwest Airlines' website for a second day, leaving many customers unable to book flights. The airline is now extending the sale by one day.
Southwest Airlines on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $453 million, a profit of 66 cents per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations.
A widow who says flight crew left her husband in an airplane bathroom to die is now suing Southwest Airlines and the flight crew.
