Tag: Southwest Airlines Co
Delta CEO offers employees free flights after CrowdStrike-Microsoft chaos
Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines, speaks during a keynote at CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2020.Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDelta A [...]
CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage cost the airline $500 million
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday that the massive IT outage earlier this month that stranded thousands of customers will cost it $500 mil [...]
Highest class will include snacks, W-Fi, bags
A Spirit commercial airliner prepares to land at San Diego International Airport in San Diego, California, U.S., January 18, 2024. Mike Blake | Reuter [...]
U.S. airlines cut growth plans for the second half of the year
Airplanes from United and JetBlue and Delta populate the taxiway at Laguardia Airport in the Queens borough of New York City. Bruce Bennett | Getty Im [...]
American Airlines (AAL) earnings Q2 2024
American Airlines slashed its profit forecast for the year after a backfired sales strategy and an industry-wide glut of flights that have forced airl [...]
Southwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom in biggest shift in its history
A Southwest commercial airliner takes off from Las Vegas on Feb. 8, 2024.Mike Blake | ReutersSouthwest Airlines is ending open seating and will offer [...]
Southwest Airlines (LUV) earnings Q2 2024
Southwest Airlines airplanes are serviced at their gates at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 18, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Flori [...]
Delta cancels more flights, struggles to recover from Microsoft outage
Travelers wait in line at a Delta Airlines counter at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on July 19, 2024. Airlines around the wor [...]
Elliott has Starbucks stake, in talks with management: WSJ
A Starbucks coffee shop in Amsterdam.Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesElliott Management has taken a significant stake in coffee chain Starbu [...]
Can Boeing get back to its glory days?
An American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight from Los Angeles approaches for landing at Reagan National Airport shortly after an announcement was made [...]
United (UAL) earnings Q2 2024
United Airlines planes at Denver International Airport.Leslie Josephs | CNBCUnited Airlines' second-quarter profit rose more than 20% from last year a [...]
Airline profits lag even as travel demand breaks records
Passengers pass through O'Hare airport in Chicago, July 3, 2024.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesRecord summer air travel demand isn't translating to record [...]
Southwest Airlines cuts revenue forecast
A Southwest Airlines jet is parked Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Kehole awaiting passengers on January 20, 2024 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii [...]
Delta, United compete to be America’s luxury airline
An Airbus A330-323 aircraft, operated by Delta Air Lines.Benoit Tessier | ReutersDelta Air Lines is the country's most profitable airline. CEO Ed Bast [...]
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun heads to Senate hearing over safety
Dave Calhoun, CEO of Boeing, leaves a meeting with Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, in Hart Building, on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. Calhoun was meeting [...]