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Southwest Airlines details plan to prevent another winter meltdown

Three months after a travel meltdown plagued Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, the carrier is rolling out what it hopes to be its redemption: a three-part plan to boost operations.

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Where’s Bob? Southwest Airlines CEO’s absence becomes a talking point in Senate hearing

Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan was conspicuous by his absence from Thursday’s U.S. Senate committee hearing into the carrier’s December holiday meltdown.

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Southwest Airlines lowers requirements for new pilots

Southwest Airlines will cut the number of turbine engine hours needed for new hire pilots in half, making it easier for regional airline pilots and others that have flown professionally to get on board.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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Southwest Airlines sending ‘gratitude pay’ to workers after holiday meltdown

Southwest Airlines is sending millions of dollars in ‘gratitude pay’ to workers after the historical meltdown that led to 16,700 flight cancellations in late December.

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Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan talks about the holiday meltdown and what comes next

Southwest Airlines faced another potential crisis just two weeks after its holiday meltdown as the FAA shut down all flights in the U.S. for nearly two hours last Wednesday.

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Everything ‘is on the table’ as Southwest Airlines CEO tries to prevent another meltdown

Southwest Airlines has hired an outside firm to figure out what it needs to prevent another cancellation meltdown like the one over the holidays and “everything that we need to do to mitigate risk is on the table,” CEO Bob Jordan said Thursday.

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Wall Street investors shrug off Southwest Airlines’ holiday meltdown

Southwest Airlines has regained most of the value it lost on Wall Street when its operations cratered in late December and left hundreds of thousands of passengers without flights around Christmas.

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Can airline darling Southwest recover from a holiday meltdown of its own making?

Simon Calder loves the carrier that Herb Kelleher founded in Texas in 1971. But there are limits

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Southwest crisis reveals clubby world of airline leaders

The operational chaos that engulfed Southwest Airlines Co. over the busy holiday period was a crisis decades in the making.

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Southwest’s holiday meltdown was decades in the making

Are you done with Southwest Airlines, after your Christmas and New Year’s travel was ruined by the airline?

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Southwest Airlines doles out travel credits. Is it enough to appease disrupted flyers?

As Southwest Airlines returns to normal flight scheduling, the company has another daunting task ahead: making amends to inconvenienced flyers — many of whom can’t put a price on their scrapped plans and missed time with family over the holidays.

The Independent UK

Can airline darling Southwest recover from a holiday meltdown of its own making?

Simon Calder loves the carrier that Herb Kelleher founded in Texas in 1971. But there are limits

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As Southwest Airlines recovers from one meltdown, how does it prevent another?

Reeling from one of the worst months in company history, Southwest Airlines leaders are trying to figure out what options there are, if any, to prevent another cancellation meltdown.

Roll Call

Capitol Hill promises even more scrutiny for Southwest Airlines - Roll Call

Southwest Airlines will be subject to Senate scrutiny after canceling more than 70 percent of its flights the day after Christmas.

WEKU

Southwest Airlines apologizes and then gives its customers frequent-flyer points

Southwest Airlines says it will award the travelers who were caught in the surge of canceled flights during the holidays 25,000 frequent-flyer points, an award worth more than $300 in flights.

The Independent UK

Southwest apologizes, gives customers frequent-flyer points

Southwest Airlines is trying to fix its relationship with travelers who got stuck by canceled flights over the holidays

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Southwest resumes ‘normal’ Friday schedule after meltdown

Southwest Airlines resumed a normal flight schedule Friday morning after more than a week of canceled flights and disappointed travelers.

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Southwest Airlines promises stability after mass US cancellations

US Department of Transportation vows to investigate Southwest Airlines for cancellations following severe winter storm.

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Holiday meltdown exposes Southwest Airlines’ technology woes

Passengers across the country waited in airports this week while Southwest Airlines’ operation crumbled, because it couldn’t get pilots and flight attendants assigned to flights.

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