Airlines cancel more than 2,800 flights Tuesday morning, the majority of them with Southwest. At LAX, the cancellations and delays create misery.

Southwest Airlines has put a price tag on checking bags, a coveted free perk that is about to disappear as part of substantial changes the carrier is making to its service.

Southwest loses tons of potential revenue every year by allowing passengers to check two bags for free—a service that fetches up to $100 per person at the airline’s competitors.

Southwest Airlines is doing away with its free checked bags perk in May 2025; The airline has been known for offering customers free checked bags since its founding almost six decades ago ...

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A Southwest Airlines employee retrieved a young passenger’s lost soft toy, after the little girl left her cuddly dog in a rental car. NBC CT reports that “Jessica, a Southwest Airlines ...

Southwest Airlines announced on Monday that it will lay off 1,750 employees, or 15% of its corporate and leadership positions -- marking the company's first major layoffs in its 53-year history.

Southwest Airlines is hitting pause on corporate hiring, promotions and summer internships to cut costs after months of pressure from an activist investor. The Dallas-based airline is also halting ...

Southwest Airlines anticipates a money-losing fourth quarter after a winter storm and technology meltdown led to nearly 17,000 canceled flights and stranded hundreds of thousands of holiday travelers.

Southwest Airlines has unveiled an “action plan” to prevent another operational meltdown like the one from last December that left 16,700 flights canceled and 2 million passengers stranded ...

Southwest Airlines said Thursday it will cut 2,000 jobs and cease operations at four airports, partly to address “significant challenges” caused by delays in Boeing aircraft deliveries, as the ...