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Gunfire hit a Southwest Airlines plane as it prepared for takeoff in Dallas
The plane was preparing for departure to Indianapolis when it was hit by gunfire, a Southwest spoke…
Rebecca Rommen
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Southwest will never be the same again
Southwest has caved to pressure to change its long-standing low-cost playbook in favor of an airlin…
Taylor Rains
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Southwest is making big route changes as it prepares to reveal new details of its turnaround plan
Southwest reportedly plans to cut some 340 pilots and flight attendants at its busy Atlanta base as…
Taylor Rains
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Southwest's new premium seats come with a catch for everyone else
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s will get new premium seating with extra legroom, but regular seats o…
Taylor Rains,Benjamin Zhang
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Why a hedge fund made a podcast about a shake-up it's pushing for at Southwest Airlines
Elliott Investment Management built up an 11% stake in Southwest — then started a podcast. It's a g…
Shubhangi Goel
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Southwest is ditching its unassigned seat policy for the first time
The change to one of Southwest's best-known policies comes as it faces falling profits and pressure…
Nora Redmond
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Budget airlines like Spirit and Southwest are getting more desperate. You're going to hate it.
Low-cost airlines Spirit, Southwest, Frontier, and JetBlue struggling to turn a profit are scrambli…
Benjamin Zhang
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Southwest Airlines is teaming up with Archer to give passengers electric flying taxis
The partnership between Southwest Airlines and Archer Aviation could allow flyers to bypass road tr…
Benjamin Zhang
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A Southwest Airlines employee was charged with theft after police say he printed $79,000 in flight vouchers at a Missouri airport
An investigation carried out by Southwest found that the employee used past passengers' names to pr…
Rebecca Rommen,Nathan Rennolds
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Southwest ditching its unassigned seat policy shows how budget airlines' business models are getting upended
Low-budget airlines are rethinking their business models as they face an uphill battle for not foll…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Southwest says 80% of its customers didn't like the unassigned-seating policy. But I will miss it.
Southwest Airlines said it was doing away with its open-seating policy because customers don't like…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A Southwest flight came 150 feet from crashing in the sea. Experts suspect 'pure human error.'
A Southwest flight is being investigated after it flew dangerously close to Tampa's Courtney Campbe…
Mikhaila Friel
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Southwest Airlines blames the boiling summer heat for exploding soda cans that have injured 20 flight attendants
The sweltering summer heat has caused an unexpected problem for flight attendants: exploding soda c…
Lauren Edmonds
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A Southwest pilot nearly crashed his flight into the ocean: report
A Southwest Airlines flight near Hawaii plunged to within 400 feet above the ocean when a pilot mis…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Southwest is being investigated after a slew of incidents, including a rare 'Dutch Roll' and planes flying too close to the ground
"Nothing is more important to Southwest than the safety of our customers and employees," a spokespe…
Polly Thompson
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A Southwest Boeing 737 Max was just 150 feet above the ocean before being told to pull up, reports say
The FAA is investigating after a Southwest flight headed to Tampa was diverted to Fort Lauderdale a…
Mikhaila Friel
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A Southwest flight dropped to just 525 feet above an Oklahoma town, prompting an altitude warning and FAA investigation
A Southwest Airlines flight dropped dangerously low over an Oklahoma town while preparing to land o…
Erin Snodgrass
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An engine cover rips off a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, forcing an emergency landing
A panel covering one of the engines on a Boeing 737 operated by Southwest Airlines tore away mid-fl…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A Southwest flight appeared to take off from a closed runway that had a vehicle on it without being cleared by air traffic control
Air traffic control recordings suggest the Southwest pilots didn't communicate with the tower or ot…