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Southwest Airlines is doing away with a 50-year tradition and plans to start assigning seats. The airline is also looking to introduce redeye flights.
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Federal officials are investigating an incident in which a Southwest Airlines jet flew as low as 150 feet over water while it was still about 5 miles from its intended landing spot in Tampa, Florida.
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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.
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In a letter to Southwest’s board, Elliott Investment Management said that Southwest's “stubborn unwillingness to evolve” is causing deeply disappointing financial results. The airline's shares have lost more than 50% in the last three years.
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Southwest Airlines is going back to federal court in hopes of reversing an $800,000 award to a flight attendant who says she was fired for her anti-abortion views.
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U.S. airlines are trying to kill a new rule requiring them to disclose fees more quickly when consumers shop for flights. The Transportation Department said Monday it will defend the rule to crack down on what it calls “hidden junk fees.”
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Southwest plans to stop flying to Cozumel, Mexico; Syracuse, New York; Bellingham, Washington; and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, where the airline’s major operation is at smaller Hobby Airport. American Airlines also posted losses in the first quarter.
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The contract comes with a 22% snap-up raise.
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The Federal Aviation Administration says a Southwest Airlines jet leaving Denver was forced to land after the engine cover fell off and struck the wing flap during takeoff. Southwest Airlines says the Boeing 737 landed safely Sunday and the passengers headed to Houston are being put onto another aircraft.
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TWU Local 556 says the union's executive board will send the tentative agreement to its members March 25.
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Transport Workers Union Local 555 — which represents ramp, operations, provisioning and freight workers with the Dallas-based carrier — still needs to send the deal to its members for a full vote.
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While both Southwest and American Airlines pilots have now approved new contracts with the North Texas-based carriers, flight attendants with both airlines are still struggling to agree with management at the negotiating table.