Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines executives turned some heads recently when they name-dropped the Airbus A220 as a possible candidate for an upcoming single-aisle

Southern California and intra-California flights are among those performing relatively well.

Positive demand trends in some key markets and heading into the upcoming U.S. holiday season convinced Southwest Airlines to bump near-term

Montrose Regional Airport in western Colorado has secured its second new airline partner in as many weeks.

Southwest Airlines’ pilots are not pleased with CEO Gary Kelly’s proposed plan to avoid furloughs in 2021 in exchange for a 10% companywide pay cut.

The carrier already has a major presence in both cities' secondary airports.

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Southwest Airlines will seek a round of pay cuts from its labor unions as part of a push to reduce costs enough to avoid involuntary furloughs through the end of 2021.

Fort Myers becomes the 12th airport served by Southwest from Louisville.

Recovery from pandemic will 'be choppy,' CFO of rival Delta says.

Southwest Airlines is correcting inaccurate weight data for 115 Boeing 737-800s after discovering a 75 lb. discrepancy between what its dispatch team had and the actual figures.

Southwest Airlines is taking an axe to its November schedule, despite observing moderately improved demand trends in recent weeks.

Delta Air Lines is the airport’s primary tenant and will use 25 gates at the newly built terminal.

Southwest is expanding its route network with the addition of two new domestic leisure destinations.

Southwest Airlines will double its presence at Southern California’s Long Beach Airport (LGB), after receiving 17 new slots that were recently relinquished by JetBlue Airways.

Two Mexican airlines are adding new services from the city despite COVID-19.

Spirit Airlines is expanding in the Los Angeles area with the addition of John Wayne Airport to its route map.

Southwest Airlines president and CEO Gary Kelly said business must double from current levels for the company to break even, as demand remains badly

Previous positive trends have ‘stalled,’ the LCC says in market update.

Southwest Airlines revised down its estimated capacity for the third quarter (Q3) of 2020, despite observing “modest improvement” in revenue and demand trends recently.

Southwest Airlines is pushing ahead with plans to begin service to its second Colorado destination.

EasyJet, Ryanair and Southwest are the only three airlines that retain investment-grade ratings from S&P Global Ratings, after the credit rating

Lawmakers warn mass US airline industry layoffs could occur this fall.

Sixteen Republican Senators signed on to a letter urging the chamber’s leadership to extend the CARES Act Payroll Support Program (PSP) until March 2021, signaling growing bipartisan consensus that more aid will be needed to avert mass layoffs this fall.

Supporters of more payroll support for airlines say the relief is needed to avoid mass layoffs.