Southwest Airlines, the third-largest carrier at Denver International Airport, has reached a tentative agreement with Transportation Workers Union Local 556 in which the company’s roughly 9,700 flight attendants will receive pay increases and increases in 401(k) contributions over the next ...Read More
Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways attract passengers who want to save money on airplane travel. The two low-cost carriers now can appeal to those passengers who want to save time as well. Southwest (NYSE: LUV), the No. 1 carrier at Raleigh-Durham ...Read More
When I write about an issue that seems thorny, I ask myself how I would expect to be treated in the same situation. It's a good way of clarifying my thinking. This much jumps out at me: If I were the ...Read More
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A spokesman for Southwest Airlines says the carrier has apologized to a mother who was kicked off a plane along with her unruly 2-year-old earlier this week.
Spokesman Chris Mainz said the airline called Pamela Root on ...Read More
Southwest Airlines has apologized to a San Jose mom who was kicked off a plane along with her unruly 2-year-old son earlier this week. But Southwest spokeswoman Marilee McInnis told the Mercury News the airline did not regret its decision to ...Read More
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Oct. 30) - A spokesman for Southwest Airlines says the carrier has apologized to a mother who was kicked off a plane along with her unruly 2-year-old earlier this week. Spokesman Chris Mainz said the airline called Pamela ...Read More
US Airways said yesterday it is shutting down its Boston crew base May 2, part of a plan to focus on hub cities and eliminate 1,000 jobs nationwide in the first half of next year. US Airways, the third-largest carrier at ...Read More
US Airways said today that it is shutting down its Boston crew base May 2, part of its plan to focus on hub cities and eliminate 1,000 jobs nationwide in the first half of next year. The airline will also ...Read More
Struggling US Airways said Wednesday it will cut some 1,000 jobs next year, shift nearly all of its flying to its three hubs and Washington, and suspend several international routes.
In Boston, the layoffs will affect 184 flight attendants and 143 ...Read More
Struggling US Airways said on Wednesday it will cut some 1,000 jobs next year, shift nearly all of its flying to its three hubs and Washington, and suspend several international routes. It's a major retrenchment, and Chairman and CEO Doug Parker ...Read More
Twenty-five bucks will get you a lot of things, though you probably never expected it to get you an airline ticket. But now it does. Southwest Airlines debuts its $25 airfare sale Tuesday. The $25 fare, part of the airline's fourth-quarter sale, is ...Read More
DALLAS (AP) - Southwest Airlines Co. has agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit that grew out of safety violations at the carrier and will pay the investors' lawyers $3.5 million. Southwest disclosed the proposed settlement in a regulatory filing made Friday. ...Read More
DALLAS—Southwest Airlines Co. has agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit that grew out of safety violations at the carrier and will pay the investors' lawyers $3.5 million. Southwest disclosed the proposed settlement in a regulatory filing made Friday. A hearing on ...Read More
Ed Andrieski, Associated PressRichard and Mayumi Heene with their son Bradford arrive home after a shopping trip in Fort Collins, Colo., on Oct. 19. Mayumi Heene has admitted to investigators the runaway balloon was a hoax. By Mike McPhee, The ...Read More
(CNN) -- Police met a wayward jet that overshot the runway by 150 miles -- while not responding to control tower communications -- and said the pilots were "cooperative, apologetic and appreciative."
The Minneapolis-St. Paul [Minnesota] Airport Police report on the ...Read More
US Airways Group Inc.'s (LCC) third-quarter loss narrowed after fuel-hedging effects helped rather than hurt, while discount rival JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU) swung to a profit. Both companies benefited from a steep fall in fuel costs despite a fall in ...Read More
DENVER — Aviation officials say a United Airlines flight declared an emergency shortly before landing in Denver with total hydraulic failure. Flight 418 from San Diego had to be towed to a gate to allow passengers to deplane. Denver International Airport spokesman ...Read More
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Southwest Airlines Co., the largestdiscount carrier, will start flying in May to a new Floridaairport under a partnership with landowner St. Joe Co. thatguarantees the service will break even in the first three years.
Southwest will operate ...Read More
DALLAS, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) saidit would add a new city to its schedule in May of next year, aswell as add nine new flights from St. Louis to six newmarkets. Southwest will commence flights from the Panama ...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO - If you're trying to figure out who to follow on Twitter, you might soon be turning to fellow users for help, rather than the company itself. Evan Williams, the CEO and co-founder of the short-messaging site, said Tuesday ...Read More
