Whistleblowers at the Federal Aviation Administration questioned whether Southwest Airlines improperly flew jets without full knowledge of their safety history, according to documents released Monday by a Senate committee.
Two major US airlines announced plans Friday to pull the Boeing 737 MAX from their schedules into March, raising the prospect the plane could be out of service for nearly a full year.
One Southwest Airlines employee literally put herself into the travel fray when it came to jockeying for overhead bin space.
Airfares are almost certain to go up this summer. Troubles with the Boeing 737 Max are part of the reason.
Southwest Airlines continues to grapple with an "operational emergency" after an unusually high number of planes have been taken out of service.
Southwest Airlines said a fatal accident in April cost the airline $100 million worth of business.
Peanuts have long been the snack du jour for Southwest Airlines, years before it became one of the largest airlines in the United States.
The Federal Aviation Administration is mandating additional engine inspections in the wake of the deadly Southwest Airlines engine incident last month.
Southwest Airlines said Thursday that a fatal accident on one of its planes has scared some people away from booking flights on the airline.
Southwest Airlines says it has canceled roughly 1 percent of its scheduled flights as it carries out inspections prompted by an engine failure that led to a passenger's death last week. About 40 flights were affected.
