American, Delta, United, Alaska cap fare prices as Southwest continues cancelling flights
Amid the frenzy of Southwest flight cancellations, American, United, Delta and Alaska Airlines tell CBS News they are capping fares between select cities.
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Amid the frenzy of Southwest flight cancellations, American, United, Delta and Alaska Airlines tell CBS News they are capping fares between select cities.
The airline CEO said the situation unacceptable.
Inside Dallas Love Field, where more than 95% of the flights coming in and out are from Southwest, passengers are stressed out.
Travelers at Dallas Love Field Airport say they were told they won't be able to catch another Southwest flight until Saturday.
Megan and Greg Wilkerson, who live in the San Francisco Bay area, were determined to spend Christmas with their family in Frisco.
Carrier cancelled more than 60% of its flights Tuesday after giant winter storm, with federal airline regulators pledging to investigate.
The cancellations and chaos have also attracted the attention of the U.S. Department of Transportation, which says it is now investigating "whether cancellations were controllable and if Southwest is complying with its customer service plan." No word yet when Southwest's operations will catch up. The airline said Monday evening in a press conference that customers would not be allowed to rebook before Dec. 31, 2022. Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/travelers-beyond-frustrated-by-southwest-airlines-cancellations/
Just before 6:30pm Monday, Flightaware showed Southwest cancelled 2,826 flights, or 69% of its schedule nationwide, and delayed 714 other flights.
The airline has cancelled over 2,000 today - more than any other airline in the world.
North Texas travellers are disappointed, frustrated, and angry due to long lines, cancelled flights, and other disruptions caused by the winter storm.
"Bags fly free with Southwest. But free speech didn't fly at all with Southwest in this case," Starr wrote.
The plane was bound from Houston to Columbus when it was diverted to Little Rock.
A Southwest Airlines pilot is suing the company, her union and a former colleague who pleaded guilty last year to dead-bolting the cockpit door during a flight and stripping naked in front of her.
Hundreds of off-duty Southwest Airlines flight attendants at Dallas Love Field airport joined thousands across the county picketing for better pay.
The union said that the slow pace of negotiations prompted the move.
A former Southwest Airlines flight attendant who was fired after sparring with her union president over abortion and other issues won a $5.1 million jury verdict.
Not Concerns And Celebrations After Transportation Mask Mandates Struck Down
The union said the number of pilots asking to be relieved from a flight assignment because of fatigue jumped 330% in March.
Flight delays and cancellations plagued some Southwest Airlines passengers over the weekend and the airline says both technology and weather issues were to blame.
A Southwest Airlines flight out of Dallas Love Field Wednesday, March 30, was delayed after a passenger on board refused to wear a mask.
Customer-service agents at Southwest Airlines will be voting on a new contract that would give them pay raises totaling more than 16% over the next three years.
After Southwest Airlines announced on Thursday, February 3 that a full drink menu would be returning to flights later this month, the flight attendants' union expressed concerns that alcohol sales could endanger employees.
A Southwest spokesperson told CBS 11, operational planners are making adjustments to the schedule while carefully tracking Winter Storm Landon.
Comments by top executives came during an exclusive, joint interview on the same day Bob Jordan became the Dallas-based carrier's sixth CEO in the company's 51 year history.
Boosted by full flights during the holidays, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines posted a narrow $68 million profit for the fourth quarter... but the announcement came with a warning.
