Southwest Airlines endured a $75 million loss over widespread cancelations and delays earlier this month that spanned several days, the Dallas-based carrier announced Thursday. Over the span of about a weekend, Southwest canceled around 2,000 flights, according to monitoring website FlightAware. While the firm blamed poor weather conditions and unspecified staffing issues on the cancelations,…
Southwest CEO: Vaccine Mandates Weren’t Behind Flight Cancelations, Suggests ‘Absenteeism’ Is the Cause
The CEO of Southwest on Tuesday denied claims that the federal vaccine mandates were the cause of more than 2,000 flight cancelations in recent days. During an appearance on CNBC, CEO Gary Kelly was asked about President Joe Biden’s announcement that will mandate companies with federal contracts to require their staff to get the vaccine and…
NTD Business Full Broadcast (Oct. 11)
A mounting energy crisis — Oil prices hitting record levels, coal and gas prices rising too. How are producers adapting? Three economists based in America get the Nobel Prize in Economics. What have they done for the field and what are critics saying? And Southwest Airlines says services will be back to normal this week, after…
Southwest Pilots Union Says Vaccine Mandate, ‘Sickouts’ Not to Blame for Canceled Flights
The union representing Southwest Airlines pilots disputed allegations that its members held a mass sickout due to the company’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Over the weekend and Monday, Southwest canceled more than 2,000 flights, according to tracking website FlightAware, while the firm blamed inclement weather, and an executive claimed that staffing shortages may be to blame….
Southwest Airlines Cancels 1,000 More Flights as Disruptions Increase
Southwest Airlines has canceled at least 1,000 Sunday flights as of 12 p.m. ET, according to flight tracker FlightAware, coming after numerous cancelations were reported Saturday. “We experienced significant impact in the Florida airports [Friday] evening after an FAA-imposed air traffic management program was implemented due to weather and resulted in a large number of…
NTD Business Full Broadcast (Aug. 11)
Senate Democrats pass a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint, advancing President Biden’s vision for reshaping federal priorities. Southwest Airlines, feeling the squeeze of the Delta variant. New data shows fewer passengers are booking flights, and its third quarter may not turn a profit. And hackers steal $600 million worth of cryptocurrency from a crypto platform, but later return half of it….
American Airlines Pilots, Flight Attendants Say They Are ‘Sleeping in Airports’ Due to Hotel Issues
By Kyle Arnold From The Dallas Morning News Unions for flight attendants and pilots at American Airlines say some crew members are being forced to sleep in airports because the company is failing to line up hotels, rooms, and transportation during layovers. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants and the Allied Pilots Association filed a…
Two Soldiers Killed, Three Wounded in Blast in Southwest Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan—Two Pakistani military officials were killed and three wounded when a bomb blew up their vehicle in an area of southwestern Pakistan where separatist insurgents operate, officials said on Thursday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the late Wednesday blast in Pasni, a coastal town in Balochistan province, 126 km (78.3 miles)…
Southwest US States Bake, Wildfire Threatens Arizona Towns
LAS VEGAS—The Southwest United States continued to bake Saturday, and weather forecasters kept warnings in effect for excessive heat in Arizona, Nevada, and desert areas, at least through the weekend. High temperature marks didn’t fall Saturday, but Phoenix reached a sweltering high of 115 degrees F (46 degrees C) for the day and Las Vegas…
Southwest Flight Attendant Loses Teeth in Alleged Assault by Passenger: Union
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant allegedly was assaulted by a passenger during a flight and lost several teeth, according to the president of the Southwest Airlines flight attendants’ union. TWU Local 556 President Lyn Montgomery said that over the past weekend, “one of our flight attendants was seriously assaulted, resulting in injuries to the face…
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