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Southwest Is Already Paying Billions for Screwing Up Your Travel. What About the FAA?

The airline will either clean up its act or go out of business. Meanwhile, the government plods along.

Reason

Lawmakers aim to raise penalties for US airline disruptions

Congress is going to take another look at legislation covering the rights of airline passengers

The Independent UK

Woman dies after being thrown from wheelchair on Southwest Airlines walkway

Gaby Assouline’s family is suing Southwest Airlines over the fall that led to her death

The Independent UK

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Over 1,000 flights cancelled amid dangerous winter weather in US south

Severe weather affects parts of West Virginia to New Mexico with an ice storm concentrated in the Dallas-Fort worth area of Texas

The Guardian - US

Winter weather cancels flights, leads to death in Texas

Winter weather is bringing ice to Texas and nearby states, causing the cancellation of more than 980 flights and delays to nearly 800 more

The Independent UK

Wintry weather leads to more than 1,000 flight cancellations across the U.S.

On top of the cancellations, another 4,700 flights were delayed nationwide on Monday as Texas and nearby states dealt with freezing temperatures and wintry precipitation.

WEKU

How Southwest Airlines plans to soothe business customers soured by holiday meltdown

Southwest Airlines is continuing its push to win back customers left wary by the airline’s epic holiday meltdown stranded millions of travelers all over the country.

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U.S. airlines cancel over 1,000 flights over winter storm

More than 1,000 Monday flights into or out of the United States have been canceled due to a severe winter storm, with about half of those coming from Southwest Airlines Co.

Reuters

Southwest, American canceling or delaying thousands of flights through noon Tuesday

Dallas’ two major airports and their hometown airlines are pre-emptively canceling or delaying thousands of flights through noon Tuesday as a winter storm brought freezing temperatures and drizzle across North Texas.

Tribune News Service

Saturday Night Live: Michael B Jordan plays host for a lukewarm episode

The Creed star is a fine, if unspectacular, host for an episode that covers everything from FBI searches to Southwest airlines

The Guardian - US

Making travel plans? Southwest’s holiday meltdown may be a sign of air travel drama to come

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of canceled flights. Countless separated bags. Millions of angry passengers.

Los Angeles Times

Southwest Airlines leaders defend tech, schedules and staffing after holiday meltdown

Southwest Airlines’ top executives say the company’s technology, staffing and scheduling plans didn’t fail in late December, even after a holiday meltdown in which 16,700 flights were canceled and the carrier forced the shutdown of two-thirds of its operations.

Tribune News Service

Southwest's CEO and CFO face investors for the first time following the holiday travel deluge

“While I’m not proud of what happened, I am very proud of our people," Southwest CEO Bob Jordan said.

Fortune

Southwest faces investigation over holiday travel disaster as it posts a $220M loss

The Department of Transportation says it is looking into the airline's flight scheduling practices and will hold it accountable for refunds. The 16,700 canceled flights cost Southwest $800 million.

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Tribune News Service

Southwest Airlines bookings slow after holiday meltdown

Southwest Airlines said customers are booking away from the carrier after the December meltdown that resulted in 16,700 cancellations and disrupted holiday travel for millions of travelers.

Tribune News Service

DOT investigating if ‘unrealistic scheduling’ at Southwest Airlines led to meltdown

U.S. Department of Transportation officials are investigating Dallas-based Southwest Airlines over whether the carrier’s holiday meltdown that stranded millions of travelers was caused by overscheduling flights.

Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. investigating December flight cancellations at Southwest Airlines

The Transportation Department is looking into whether the airline scheduled more flights than it could handle during a December storm when 16,700 flights were canceled.

The Independent UK

US investigating December flight cancellations at Southwest

The federal government is investigating whether Southwest Airlines knowingly scheduling more flights than it could handle in December, when it ended up canceling nearly 17,000 flights

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The Independent UK

Couple flying Southwest divides opinion by blocking row of seats while searching for ‘right’ passenger

A viral video shows a couple flying Southwest and blocking a row of seats while searching for the ‘right person’ to take the seat next to them

The Independent UK

US airlines ranked from worst to best

Delta Air Lines takes top spot with Alaska Airlines second, Southwest remains high despite holiday meltdown

Tribune News Service

‘Mayhem in the airport:’ The Southwest Airlines holiday meltdown from those who lived it

As Southwest Airlines spiraled out of control during its 16,700 cancellation holiday meltdown, so did the plans for passenger Brenda Angeles, pilot Seth Kornblum and flight attendant Kristen Loucks.

Tribune News Service

Southwest Airlines comes to a tentative deal with dispatchers union with 17% raises

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has come to a tentative contract deal with the union representing its 450 dispatchers that would give immediate 17% raises and scheduling improvements, a positive sign for the carrier after a rocky year of labor relations.

Fortune

Southwest is paying their pilots millions in bonuses after cancelling 16,700 flights during a holiday meltdown

The cancellations left thousands of passengers and staff stranded during the holidays.

Tribune News Service

What to do if your flight has been canceled

Early January saw Southwest Airlines cutting two-thirds of its flights following an operational meltdown stemming from an arctic storm. A canceled flight often leaves passengers in a conundrum over whether to request a refund or sit and wait for the airline to put them on the next available flight.

The Independent UK

Grounded planes, crashed cars and poisoned water: How faulty software has left society on the edge of disaster

Travel meltdowns at Southwest Airlines and the FAA have exposed how deeply we depend on outdated or unreliable computer systems. Yet as Io Dodds discovers, cancelled flights and ruined holidays are only the tip of the iceberg

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