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Student Kicked Off Southwest After Speaking Arabic Demands Apology
A California university student who was taken off a Southwest Airlines flight after another passenger heard him speaking Arabic was traumatized and he wants an apology, the Council on American-Islamic...
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One Version of Boeing’s Best-Selling Plane Could Get a Makeover
Boeing Co is studying whether to revise one version of its best-selling 737 aircraft in a bid to fend off competition, according to two people familiar with the matter. The U.S. planemaker’s concept of...
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Airlines to Monetize the Dreaded Middle Seat
Just as we're getting used to amenity cutbacks and baggage fees, airlines are starting to charge for the biggest comfort of all--avoiding the middle seat. This shift comes as airlines are hitting...
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Your Wait at the Airport Could Soon Be Shorter
The Transportation Security Administration is looking to to cut the amount of time you spend in the security line at the airport through adding more staff, both human and canine. In recent months,...
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Southwest Airlines’ Big Sale Is Back, With a Catch
Southwest Airlines’ luv biannual sale is back, but with more limitations than ever. The three day sale began on Tuesday, June 7, and will last for a total 72 hours, going through June 9. This is...
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Former Alaska Airlines CEO Joins Board Of This Hot Drone Startup
The rising use of drones has not escaped the attention of former Alaska Air Group CEO and chairman William “Bill” Ayer. Ayer, who worked at the airline for over 30 years and spent roughly a decade as...
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Southwest Airlines’ Profits for the Quarter Have Been Clouded by Rising Costs
Southwest Airlines luv reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit as costs rose and the budget airline forecast a drop in a key profitability metric for the third quarter. Southwest shares fell...
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Southwest Airlines Pilots Want to Fire Their CEO
Pilots and mechanics who work for Southwest Airlines are calling for a management shakeup at the company. The Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Association voted unanimously on Friday requesting that CEO Gary...
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Southwest Airlines CEO Tells Angry Pilots He’s ‘Not Going Anywhere’
After the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association sent out a statement earlier this week requesting that CEO Gary Kelly and COO Mike Van de Ven step down from their posts, Kelly shot back at them. “I’m...
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Southwest Airlines’ Delays Will Cost Millions
Delta Air Lines outage earlier this week is going to cost the company a pretty penny if the most recent update from its much smaller brethren, Southwest Airlines, is anything to go by. The Dallas-based...
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Here’s What’s Causing All Those Flight Delays
Since the government began collecting flight delay data in 2003, the Federal Aviation Administration’s air-traffic system has generally been the most significant cause of delays in the U.S. That has...
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JetBlue Completes First Commercial Flight to Cuba
JetBlue Airways became the first U.S. passenger airline to complete a commercial flight to Cuba in 50 years, just months after a historic agreement between the two countries to resume scheduled air...
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Southwest Airlines Evacuated a Plane Over a Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7
A replacement model of the fire-prone Samsung Note 7 smartphone began smoking inside a U.S. plane on Wednesday, the family that owns it said, prompting fresh investigations by the Consumer Product...
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Airfares Will Be Up Next Year, if Airlines Have Their Way
Bloomberg reports that Delta Air Lines plans to add fewer seats over the next year, extending a move initially announced for the fourth quarter. Analysts say other airlines likely to follow that lead,...
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Here’s Why Southwest and JetBlue Were Having Booking Problems
Sabre said on Monday it had fixed a technical issue that affected booking services of its U.S. airline partners such as Southwest Airlines, Virgin America, and JetBlue Airways. Customers of these...
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Here’s Why Shares of Southwest Airlines Are Tanking
Southwest Airlines’ quarterly revenue missed analysts’ estimates, hurt by a computer outage in July, and the company forecast a key profitability measure for the fourth quarter to decline more than...
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U.S. Airlines Lose Bid to Dismiss Price-Fixing Lawsuit
A federal judge rejected a bid by the four largest U.S. airlines to dismiss nationwide antitrust litigation by passengers who accused them of conspiring to raise fares by keeping seating capacity...
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Southwest Airlines Shares Rise as Pilots Approve New Contract
Pilots at Southwest Airlines voted to ratify a new contract that hikes wages and alters retirement benefits, their union said on Monday, following more than four years of talks. The approval marks a...
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Midwest Snow Storm Grounds Hundreds of Chicago Flights
Hundreds of flights into and out of Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway airports were canceled on Sunday as a winter storm system dumped moderate to heavy snow on the Upper Midwest and Lower Great Lakes...
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Southwest Airlines Is Coming to Cincinnati
Frequent flyers from the Midwest have a reason to celebrate: Southwest Airlines is expected to announce it will be making stops at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. The low-cost carrier will...
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