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Southwest Airlines Reaches Tentative Labor Deal with Pilots

Southwest Airlines and its pilots finally reach a labor agreement after years of negotiations. The terms remain undisclosed, but a positive step forward fo...

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Up First briefing: Defense Secretary visits Israel; Southwest to pay $140 million fine

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Israel amid concerns about Palestinian casualties. Southwest is ordered to pay $140 million for its 2022 holiday travel meltdown.

WEKU

Southwest Airlines fined $140 million for 2022 holiday chaos

Southwest Airlines is paying a $35 million fine as part of a $140 million settlement with the government over a meltdown last holiday season

The Independent UK

Southwest will pay a $140 million fine for its meltdown during the 2022 holidays

The U.S. Transportation Department ordered Southwest Airlines to pay a $140 million civil penalty as part of an agreement over operational failures that stranded millions of passengers a year ago.

WEKU

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

Southwest Airlines is discussing its preparedness for winter travel after a meltdown in 2022.

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Prepare for hellish travel this holiday season. After decades of consolidation and cut backs, can air travel be fixed?

Flying is so bad that the U.S. government can’t keep up with all the people complaining about it. One expert thinks there’s a solution.

Fortune

Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines reject a contract their union negotiated with the airline

Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines are saying no to a contract offer hammered out by their union and the airline

The Independent UK

Safety officials release details of their investigation into a close call between planes in Texas

Safety officials are releasing details of their investigation into a close call between a FedEx plane and a Southwest Airlines jet earlier this year in Austin, Texas

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Southwest Airlines passenger hospitalised after climbing onto plane wing

Video appeared to show the passenger sprinting across the tarmac and being tackled to the ground by airport staff

The Independent UK

Next 2 days likely to be this week's busiest. Here's when not to be on the road -- or in the airport

Millions of people are expected to hit airports and highways in record numbers over the Thanksgiving holiday

Fortune

Behind the tailspin at American Airlines that has sent debt soaring, investors fleeing, and the stock plunging 90% to a level one analyst calls ‘bonkers’

Out of the Big Four airlines, American's valuation is the lowest by a wide margin, meaning that investors wager that it will do far, far worse going forward than its beaten-down peers.

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Southwest Airlines says it's ready for the holidays after its meltdown last December

A major blizzard set off a series of issues last year that forced the airline to cancel more than 16,000 flights, stranding passengers across the U.S. Southwest says this year will be different.

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Southwest doesn't currently offer red-eye flights, but it says it will in the future

CEO says they’re under consideration.

Fortune

The sign-up bonus on Southwest credit cards just got bigger

Get an additional 25,000 points with this new bonus offer.

Kiplinger

Southwest Credit Cards: $750 Bonus Offer

Earn 50,000 Rapid Rewards points with a Chase Southwest credit card for personal use.

The Independent UK

Woman claims Southwest Airlines made her cover up outfit before flight

Passenger claims she was pulled aside, despite wearing the same clothes every time she flies

The Independent UK

Passenger removed from flight after petting her own puppy

Woman described the altercation as ‘insane’

Reason

Airlines Ask FAA To Regulate Competitor Out of Business

American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and the largest union of pilots want the government to change regulations that allow a smaller competitor to operate.

The Independent UK

Parents falsely accused of trafficking their own children accuse airlines of racial profiling

Parents of biracial children are increasingly being accused of human trafficking on flights by fellow passengers and airline staff. They tell Bevan Hurley the moral panic around child exploitation has gone too far

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