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The airline's Executive Vice President & Chief Transformation Officer Ryan Green's departure coincides with the company’s first major layoffs in its history. Southwest said his departure is unrelated to the 11 senior officials laid off earlier this week.

The airline is ceasing operations at Dallas' city-owned airport this spring.

The department's investigation found two Southwest Airline flights were delayed for five consecutive months in 2022. Both delayed flights resulted in more than 90% of disruptions between April and August that year.

Pilots say they were left in the dark about Boeing's defective 737 MAX, which their union's collective bargaining agreement required them to fly.

Beginning on Dec. 4, flight attendants will start preparing the cabin for landing at an altitude of 18,000 feet instead of 10,000 feet. For passengers, that means returning their seats to an upright position and other pre-landing procedures earlier than before.

The Biden administration said Thursday it is launching a broad investigation into the state of competition in air travel, including the effect of mergers and joint ventures between airlines.

The Dallas-based carrier hopes to return to profitability with its new assigned seating model and a handful of new red-eye flights.

The announcement comes as the death toll continues to rise in month 10 of the war in Gaza.

Beryl made Texas landfall as a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico Monday. Here's how its impacted travel in and out of the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

CEO Robert Jordan said on Wednesday that his leadership team is producing its own plan for improving Southwest's financial performance. Elliott Investment Management has said it bought a $1.9 billion stake in Southwest and wants to replace Jordan as well as the airline's chairman with executives from outside the company.

The agreement would give pilots a 50% pay raise over the next four years, and includes improvements to flying schedules, disability coverage and retirement benefits. The roughly 11,000 unionized pilots for Dallas-based Southwest have until Jan. 22 to vote on the tentative agreement.

When luggage and its owner can't be reunited, airlines sell it to a store in Alabama, where its contents are sold to the public. The result is a grab bag of normal and odd things people travel with.