Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that new bookings are outpacing cancellations, a turning point in the pandemic that has devastated air travel demand. The Dallas-based carrier said its May operating revenue will likely be down no more than 90% year over year, compared with a previous estimate for a decline as much as 95% compared with May 2019. It added that it’s…

A passenger on a South Florida flight was able to practice the optimal social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, as he found himself to be the lone man aboard the plane Thursday evening. Bob Pitts, the sole passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight, says he was traveling to St. Louis from Fort Lauderdale to attend his mother’s wake. Before...

A man on a Southwest Airlines flight from Ft. Lauderdale to St. Louis on Thursday night didn’t need a seat in first class to receive VIP treatment. That’s because he was the only passenger on the plane, NBC News reports. Bob Pitts documented some of the flight in a series of videos. “We’re going on our little flight from...

A sole passenger on a Fort Lauderdale-based Southwest flight had a unique flying experience. NBC 6’s Trina Robinson reports.

A passenger on a South Florida flight was able to practice the optimal social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, as he found himself to be the lone man aboard the plane Thursday evening.

With the evolving nature of the outbreak, some airlines have increased their flight cancellations, and have even begun waiving fees for those who previously booked flights to high-risk countries.

Love was in the air when a couple flying from Colorado to Southern California with their newly adopted baby received a spontaneous mid-flight baby shower. There were no cards or gift-wrapped baby items for Dustin and Caren Moore during their flight from Denver to Long Beach Airport. Instead, the Orange County couple received handwritten notes on napkins from other passengers…

Southwest Airlines continues to fly airplanes with safety concerns while federal officials do a poor job overseeing the airline, a government watchdog said Tuesday. The airline has flown more than 150,000 flights on 88 jets it bought on the used-plane market and which had unconfirmed maintenance histories, the Transportation Department’s inspector general said in a report. That put more than…

Southwest Airlines said it was disappointed with a draft report of a government audit that claimed the Dallas-based carrier failed to prioritize safety by flying millions of passengers on planes with unresolved safety concerns, saying “our friends, our families board our aircraft and not a single one of us would put anything above their safety.”

A federal grand jury has charged 26 people — including airline employees, airport staff and restaurant workers — with running a $4 million drug smuggling and money laundering operation from Puerto Rico’s international airport. The alleged leader of the scheme has not yet been arrested and is believed to be holed up in the Dominican Republic with his pet tiger....

The union representing Southwest Airlines pilots is suing Boeing, saying its pilots are losing money because the company rushed an unsafe plane into service only to have the 737 Max grounded after two deadly crashes.

American Airlines is pulling the Boeing 737 Max from its schedules until early December, a month later than it previously expected, as the grounding of the troubled planes following two fatal crashes continues, sparking flight cancellations over Thanksgiving. The planes have been grounded since mid-March when regulators ordered airlines to stop flying passengers with them after two fatal crashes within...

It’s been five months since Boeing’s 737 Max jets were grounded, and for Dallas-based Southwest Airlines and Fort Worth-based American Airlines, the negative financial impact continues to grow.

With no end in sight to the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max, one airline is warning travelers that their Thanksgiving and Christmas travel plans might be disrupted. Southwest Airlines on Thursday became the first U.S. airline to pull the planes, grounded by regulators worldwide in mid-March after two fatal crashes within five months of one another, from its schedule until...

Two Southwest Airlines planes have collided on the tarmac of Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tennessee. Airline officials say no injuries were reported in Saturday night’s collision. An emailed statement from Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Michelle Agnew says the winglet of the St. Louis-bound Southwest Flight 1555 “came into contact” during pushback with the winglet of Southwest Flight 4580, headed for...

Federal aviation officials say a Southwest Airlines passenger flight from Baltimore was struck by lightning during its journey to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Federal aviation officials say a Southwest Airlines passenger flight from Baltimore was struck by lightning during its journey to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Power was restored after a four-hour outage at Los Angeles International Airport, but the frustration continued for passengers in a crowded Terminal 1 who had to be re-screened early Thursday morning.

Power was restored after a four-hour outage at Los Angeles International Airport, but the frustration continued for passengers in a crowded Terminal 1 who had to be re-screened early Thursday morning.