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Southwest Airlines Bracing for Pilots Strike: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

Southwest Airlines Pilots are at a stalemate with the airline over the pilot scheduling system. It could lead to a strike if an agreement is not met.

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US airport chaos as nearly 9,000 flights disrupted ahead of busy July 4 travel weekend

Nearly 9,000 flights were either cancelled or delayed on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Airline travel delays pick up early and are expected to grow steadily worse as holiday weekend nears

Air travelers have been putting up with widespread delays all month, and it's continuing again, as bad weather rakes the Northeast

The Independent UK

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US proposes rules requiring airlines to compensate passengers for flight delays

Airlines would have to offer cash compensation and accommodation vouchers for cancellations and delays

The Guardian - US

Delays linger after Southwest briefly grounds flights nationwide

The hold on departures was lifted by late Tuesday morning, shortly after it was announced, according to the airline and the Federal Aviation Administration, but not before traffic at airports from Denver to New York City backed up.

Chicago Sun-Times

Southwest Airlines reveal cause of major glitch that saw ALL flights grounded across USA

More than 1,500 flights and tens of thousands of passengers were left grounded and told they could wait up to six hours after a technology issue caused all departures for Southwest Airlines planes to be delayed

Daily Mirror

Southwest Airlines resumes flights after nationwide ground stop Tuesday

DALLAS – Southwest Airlines paused all departing flights nationwide for about a half hour Tuesday morning due to “internal technical issues,” the FAA said.

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Southwest Airlines halts flights nationwide

DALLAS – Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has paused all departing flights nationwide, the FAA said Tuesday morning.

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FAA briefly grounds all Southwest Airlines flights nationwide

Southwest Airlines experienced a technoloy issue due to a firewall failure that led to a nationwide ground stop

The Independent UK

Southwest grounds flights nationwide due to technical issues

Southwest Airlines departures are being held up because of what the airline calls an intermittent technical problem

The Independent UK

Southwest Airlines resumes flights after grounding all planes Tuesday morning for 'equipment issues'

Action comes four months after holiday flight mess.

Fortune

Southwest Airlines flights grounded NATIONWIDE leaving livid passengers stucksh

Southwest Airlines has confirmed all their flights have been grounded across the USA due to what the major airline says is an 'intermittent technology issue'

Daily Mirror

Airline passengers lodged 60,732 complaints between January and November of last year

There were more than 61,000 complaints lodged last year.

Fortune

Airlines' summer stress test

It'll be airlines' first big test after a rough December.

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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.

Axios

Airlines had excellent on-time performance last fall — then winter struck

More than 4 of every 5 U.S. domestic flights departed on time in November 2022.

Tribune News Service

Here’s what advocates are pushing airlines to do after Southwest’s meltdown

Southwest Airlines’ December meltdown opened the door for lawmakers and consumer advocates to push for more regulation and passenger protections. But at what cost?

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Southwest Airlines sends reimbursements to more than 270,000 passengers

Southwest Airlines has reimbursed more than 273,406 passengers since its December meltdown that left millions of passengers stranded, more than 96% of all requests submitted so far.

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Southwest Airlines says a fix is coming as Senators skewer carrier for December meltdown

Southwest Airlines chief operating officer Andrew Watterson said an upgrade to its crew scheduling software will be ready to go Friday after two rounds of testing, which should help fix some of the problems that led to a cascade of cancellations over the winter holidays.

The Independent UK

Senate panel probes holiday meltdown at Southwest Airlines

Congress is hearing today about the December meltdown at Southwest Airlines

Axios

Southwest Airlines exec to tell Senate: "We messed up" in holiday meltdown

The airline's problems set off an intense round of scrutiny from both fliers and the federal government.

Fortune

Hearing will reveal what caused Southwest's Christmas flights chaos

Southwest's pilots' union will say bosses at the airline ignored warning signs before being forced to cancel droves of flights in the run-up to Christmas.

WEKU

Southwest's COO will tell senators 'we messed up' over the holiday travel meltdown

NPR obtained Chief Operating Officer Andrew Watterson's prepared testimony for his scheduled appearance before a Senate committee to discuss what led to thousands of flights being canceled.

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Southwest to describe overwhelmed scheduling system in Senate hearing

Southwest Airlines Co.’s operations chief plans to tell U.S. senators that the carrier’s scheduling systems became overwhelmed during a late-December storm, leading to a breakdown that forced thousands of flight cancellations and cost the company more than $1 billion.

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An Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights seeks to make flying feel more humane

The meltdowns that recently brought flights to a halt have prompted lawmakers to draft new rules for airlines. The changes would give travelers at least $1,350 if bumped from an overbooked flight.

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