Southwest Airlines

A man on a Southwest flight to Florida threw a profanity-laced fit over a crying baby sharing the same flight, Fox35 Orlando reported on Wednesday. 

A Southwest Airlines flight headed to Florida turned around and made an emergency landing in Cuba after the plane struck birds, leading an engine to catch fire and fill the cabin with smoke. 

A service dog named Kaya, whose legacy will forever be intertwined with the federal legislation she helped pass, made the final trip of an impressive career on Southwest Airlines last week.

Two aircraft, a FedEx cargo carrier and a Southwest Airlines airplane, were cleared to use a runway at the same time at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas on Saturday, forcing the FedEx plane to change course.

President Joe Biden’s Department of Transportation (DOT) is investigating to see if “unrealistic scheduling” contributed to Southwest Airlines’ holiday travel chaos as the department attempts to build credibility after weeks of mishaps.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to a question on whether he was aware of the problems with Southwest Airlines’ technology prior to Christmas by stating he doesn’t run Southwest’s system,

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg defended his prior prediction that air travel would improve by stating that there has been “a ton of progress since this summer” and that’s demonstrated by

On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “John Bachman Now,” Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) stated that the billions of dollars in taxpayer money Southwest Airlines received is just one of many examples of the federal government wasting tax money, and

On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Cavuto Live,” Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) blasted Southwest Airlines for taking billions in taxpayer dollars and then failing to ensure quality service and argued that not only should such giveaways be

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) said that he has “buyer’s remorse” over the billions of taxpayer dollars in coronavirus relief money that Congress gave to airlines so travel snafus like

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) stated that the letter that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wrote to Southwest Airlines “really is nothing. It’s just paper at this point.” And Southwest

On Friday’s broadcast of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan said that he “had a great conversation” with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and “we’re aligned” on covering and taking care of Southwest customers impacted by the flight

On Friday’s broadcast of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan stated that the airline “already had a great plan to invest in tools and technology and processes, as we always do, but there will be a lot

A father in California frustrated with Southwest Airlines drove to Denver to pick up his daughter, who the airline had stranded there since Christmas Eve.

Southwest Airlines canceled over 2,300 flights on Thursday as the airline’s CEO Bob Jordan promised that customers affected by the mass cancellations over the past several days will be taken care of. 

Southwest Airlines has pledged all is well and a full “return to normal operations” will begin Friday, drawing to a close a week of chaos for the embattled carrier.

Actress Susan Sarandon expressed contempt for President Joe Biden’s U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg over his failure to address the travel disaster that transpired over the holidays.

Left-leaning Democrats have soured on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in response to the mass flight cancelations.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” host, Fox News Contributor, and Wall Street Journal Assistant Editorial Page Editor James Freeman noted that Southwest Airlines has spent time “talking about and focusing on the technology of lowering carbon emissions,”

Southwest Airlines is continuing to cancel thousands of flights day by day as it attempts to recover from what it has described as “operational challenges” over the past week.

The price for a one-way ticket between the two major metropolitan areas in California, normally a cheap seat, soared to $700 as of Wednesday, and remained high through Dec. 31, amid the ongoing winter flight chaos.

Transportation Secretary told late-night comedian James Corden three months ago that airline travel would improve by Christmas.

Travelers relying on Southwest Airlines to get them home were mostly still stranded Thursday morning, barely 24-hours after Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg publicly upbraided the carrier and warned it to do better – or else.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) said airline executives should be brought before congressional hearings due to the fact that the airlines still cut their workforce despite receiving billions from taxpayers, and

President Joe Biden’s Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, has ignored state attorneys general’s repeated requests to protect consumers and hold airlines accountable for canceling flights in the months leading up to the ongoing holiday travel fiasco. 

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said that Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg should hold Southwest Airlines accountable for the flight problems it has had by first figuring out the over $7

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) called for Congress and the Department of Transportation to investigate the flight issues Southwest Airlines has had, pointed out that the airline industry received

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke with the CEO of Southwest Airlines, Bob Jordan, amid the ongoing issues and mass cancellations the airline has experienced in the days leading up to Christmas and beyond.

Southwest CEO Bob Jordan apologized for the company’s travel issues in a video statement Tuesday evening, saying that the airline is determined to upgrade its systems “for these extreme circumstances so that we never again face what’s happening right now.”

Southwest Airlines’ travel woes are continuing as the major airline attempts to recover from what it has described as “operational challenges,” canceling over 2,600 flights on Tuesday alone.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Tuesday on CNN’s “Situation Room” that the government will hold Southwest Airlines accountable as they canceled thousands of flights over a system meltdown.

The Department of Transportation is investigating Southwest Airlines after the airline left thousands stranded following the cancellation of thousands of flights over the holiday weekend and beyond.

Southwest Airlines continues to struggle in the aftermath of the winter storm and holiday weekend, canceling over 70 percent of its flights on Monday alone.

Thousands of Americans are still in the midst of holiday travel woes following a winter storm rocking the United States leading up to Christmas weekend, but Southwest Airlines is under fire for having one of the highest volumes of cancellations.

The number of delayed and canceled flights is piling up as a winter storm sweeps the U.S., bringing freezing temperatures to areas as south as Texas and Florida as the country braces for the pre-Christmas blizzard.

A federal jury in Texas awarded a former flight attendant millions of dollars after she was fired in light of her abortion views.