After a yearlong investigation, Southwest Airlines has been hit with a $140 million civil penalty for its December 2022 service disruptions, the Department of Transportation said Monday. As the airline prepares for a busier end-of-year holiday period, Southwest is still reeling from last year’s debacle that cost nearly $1.2 billion between the fourth quarter of […]
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More Travel Chaos as Southwest Scrubs 2,500 Wednesday Flights
Southwest Airlines scrubbed thousands of flights again Tuesday in the aftermath of the massive winter storm that wrecked Christmas travel plans across the U.S., and the federal government said it would investigate why the company lagged so far behind other carriers. A day after most U.S. airlines had recovered from the storm, Southwest called off […]