Southwest Airlines has opted for Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its "preferred cloud provider", Amazon announced on March 8. "This large-scale modernisation with AWS is part of the airline’s long-term p...
A Florida-bound Southwest Airlines flight was forced to turn back to Havana after hitting a flock of birds shortly after take-off. The strike caused engine damage and saw the cabin fill with smoke, ac...
Southwest Airlines' (SWA) chief operating officer Andrew Watterson said the carrier "messed up" and did not show "enough winter operational resilience" during late December storms that led to it cance...
Southwest Airlines’ dispatchers and facilities maintenance technicians have voted to back new collective bargaining agreements. “We have now ratified agreements with five of our union-represented work...
Southwest Airlines' chief operating officer Andrew Watterson and Casey Murray, president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA,) are to testify before the United States Senate Commerce, ...
Southwest Airlines has promoted Lauren Woods from vice president of technology to senior vice president and chief information officer. Cornell University graduate Woods has been with the carrier for 1...
Southwest Airlines reported a fourth quarter (Q4 2022) net loss of US $220 million or US $0.37 loss per diluted share and said it expects worse for the first quarter of 2023. The Q4 2022 loss was wide...
Southwest Airlines and the Transport Workers Union Local 550 have come to terms on a tentative agreement for the airline’s approximately 450 dispatch workers. “This agreement rewards our dispatch empl...
Southwest Airlines pilots are to vote on going on strike after a computer system failure and winter storms saw the carrier cancel almost 17,000 flights in late December. Casey Murray, president of the...
Southwest Airlines flight instructors have voted for a new contract offer, the carrier said on January 13. The deal, reached with the Transport Workers Union Local 557, means the carrier will "impleme...
In a January 17 letter to customers, Southwest Airlines chief executive Bob Jordan apologised for "operational issues" that "greatly disrupted" Christmas travel and announced the hiring of consultancy...
Domestic flights in the US were given the go-ahead to restart at around 1400 UK time, after a nationwide grounding caused by what the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) described as an IT problem. ...
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