Southwest Airlines and the City of San Antonio have ended their dispute regarding gate assignments at San Antonio International Airport.
Safety experts recommended Wednesday that airlines develop realistic training to prepare their pilots to deal with smoke filling the cockpit, like what happened on a Southwest Airlines plane after a bird strike in 2023.
Two Southwest Airlines planes had to take evasive action to avoid colliding Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, after an air traffic controller directed one pilot to turn into the path of the other plane.
Southwest Airlines said Wednesday it is raising its checked baggage fees by $10 less than a year after ending its famous “bags fly free” policy.
Travelers will soon face restrictions on how many portable chargers they can carry on a flight as airlines continue to try to reduce the risk of another lithium battery fire aboard their jets.
The Federal Aviation Administration has reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport.
A plane aborted takeoff at 103 mph Tuesday afternoon at San Antonio International Airport after a small propeller plane entered the runway without clearance.
Southwest Airlines passengers are making their final boarding-time scrambles for seats as the carrier prepares to end its signature open-seating system.
The U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has disrupted Caribbean travel.
Austin and the state offered the Dallas-based airline a package of economic incentives totaling $19.5 million to locate a new crew base at Austin’s airport.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is waiving part of a fine assessed against Southwest Airlines after the company canceled thousands of flights during a winter storm in 2022.
American Airlines has announced plans to cut a small number of management and support roles, mainly at its headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas.
A judge has ruled against Southwest Airlines in its lawsuit involving the City of San Antonio and Aviation Director Jesús Saenz over gate assignments at the airport’s future terminal.
Southwest Airlines will soon require plus-size travelers to pay for an extra seat in advance if they can't fit within the armrests of one seat.
Southwest Airlines and the City of San Antonio revisited their ongoing dispute over gate assignments at the airport’s future terminal during a federal court hearing on Tuesday.
Passengers aboard a Southwest Airline jet that took a dramatic plunge were told by the pilot that they nearly struck another plane.
A Southwest Airline jet heading to Las Vegas from Southern California took a dramatic plunge shortly after takeoff Friday in response to an alert about a nearby plane, injuring two flight attendants, authorities and passengers said.
Southwest Airlines is set to transform its boarding process by introducing assigned seating, starting January 27, 2026, marking the end of the airline’s long-standing open-seat policy.
A flight intended for Kansas City returned back to San Antonio on Friday morning after it experienced a possible tire issue, Southwest Airlines confirmed to KSAT.
Stragglers beware: U.S. travelers flying with United Airlines will have to check in to domestic flights a little earlier starting next week.
Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using them because of concerns about the growing number of lithium battery fires.
Major U.S. airlines are reducing their flight schedules and revising or withdrawing their profit outlooks for the year due to less domestic travel demand as sentiment about the national and global economies sours.
Tariff worries continue hanging over companies as they report their latest financial results and try to provide guidance on their path ahead.
U.S. stocks rallied further as better-than-expected profits for U.S. companies piled up, though CEOs say they’re unsure whether it will last because of uncertainty created by President Donald Trump’s trade war.
Southwest Airlines is calling on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to suspend federal funds from the City of San Antonio after it claims the city violated federal requirements which began its ongoing legal feud.
New claims have been filed in the legal battle between Southwest Airlines and the City of San Antonio over where Southwest’s gates will land amid growth at the San Antonio International Airport.
Pilots on a Southwest Airlines flight attempting to land at Chicago’s Midway Airport were forced to climb back into the sky to avoid another aircraft crossing the runway.
The Transportation Department is stepping up enforcement of persistent flight delays with a civil lawsuit against Southwest Airlines and a fine against Frontier Airlines.
Southwest Airlines says it's not filling some jobs and summer internships this year as the company looks to lower costs.
Several flights between the San Antonio International Airport and Dallas airports were canceled on Thursday morning as a winter storm moved through Texas.
Alaska Airlines says it will launch service from Seattle to Tokyo and Seoul next year as part of a plan to boost international flying in the next several years.
U.S. stocks edged back from their records as Wall Street counted down to a big jobs report that’s coming on Friday.
The Biden administration is on its way out of power, but that's not ending the arguments between the administration and airlines that think they are being over-regulated.
California is partnering with a major airline trade group to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuels in the state.
Investigators say that air traffic controllers cleared one plane to take off after telling pilots of another plane to cross the same runway in Nashville last month.
President Joe Biden is warning airlines and other companies not to overcharge people who are trying to get out of the path of Hurricane Milton.
Southwest Airlines failed to stop a new lease agreement that would keep it out of the new terminal being built at San Antonio International Airport.
The airline filed a lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court against the city and San Antonio International Airport Director of Airports Jesus Saenz.
The airline filed a lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court against the city and San Antonio International Airport Director of Airports Jesus Saenz.
Southwest Airlines is planning to cut about one-third of its flights in Atlanta next year to save money, and employees affected by the change are furious.
An airline operating agreement and a series of terminal leases were approved today in City Council A’s session, but Southwest Airlines, a Dallas-based airline, said they were not in favor of its terms.
A hedge fund that's been urging Southwest Airlines to dump its CEO and chairman says it has acquired enough of the company's stock to call a special meeting of shareholders.
Alaska Air is one step closer to acquiring Hawaiian Airlines after the U.S. Department of Justice chose not to challenge the $1.9 billion deal that the carriers say will create a company better able to serve travelers.
“Move fast and break things,” a high-tech mantra popularized 20 years ago by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was supposed to be a rallying cry for game-changing innovation.
Federal officials are investigating an incident in which a Southwest Airlines jet flew as low as 150 feet over water while it was still about 5 miles from its intended landing spot in Tampa, Florida.
Southwest Airlines has adopted a ‘poison pill’ following activist investor Elliott Investment Management taking a significant stake in the company.
Southwest Airlines says a key revenue ratio will be weaker than expected in the second quarter because of changes in how consumers book travel.
Investigators say a Southwest Airlines plane suffered damage to parts of the structure after it went into a “Dutch roll” during a flight last month.
Federal officials are investigating an unusual rolling motion during the flight of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max.
The CEO of Southwest Airlines says he is not resigning in the face of pressure from a hedge fund that wants him fired.
Activist shareholder Elliott Investment Management has taken a $1.9 billion stake in Southwest Airlines and wants to get rid of the CEO.
A judge's order that three attorneys for Southwest Airlines get religious liberty training has been put on hold by a federal appeals court.
Federal investigators say an air traffic’s controller’s faulty assumption nearly caused a runway collision at a Texas airport last year.
Southwest Airlines has gone back to federal court in hopes of reversing an $800,000 award to a flight attendant who says she was fired for her anti-abortion views.
Southwest Airlines flight attendants have ratified a new contract that will boost their pay by about one-third over four years.
The Federal Aviation Administration says a Southwest Airlines jet leaving Denver was forced to land after the engine cover fell off and struck the wing flap during takeoff.
Federal officials are investigating whether a Southwest Airlines flight veered off course and flew over the air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport last month.
Shares of Southwest are falling in Tuesday premarket trading as the airline said that it plans to reduce capacity and reevaluate its full-year financial outlook because of fewer expected aircraft deliveries from it supplier, Boeing.
Shares of JetBlue are up more than 18% in Tuesday afternoon trading as activist investor Carl Icahn took an almost 10% stake in the airline.
Boeing says it is withdrawing a request for a safety exemption needed to certify a new model of its 737 Max airliner.
Conditions have been mostly nice for travelers flying ahead of and on Christmas Day, but some naughty disruptions plagued those flying with Southwest Airlines again this year.
Stacker compiled a list of the most common domestic flights from San Antonio International using data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Southwest Airlines and its pilots reached a tentative labor agreement after three-and-a-half years of negotiations, the last of the four major airlines to reach a deal with pilots.
Southwest Airlines is paying $140 million to settle a government investigation over a meltdown last holiday season that led to thousands of canceled flights.
Southwest Airlines’s “customers of size” policy is getting attention this week thanks to a TikTok video that explains how plus-size travelers can obtain an extra seat for free.
Five years after a fatal accident, federal officials are proposing modifications and additional inspections to the engine housing of nearly 2,000 Boeing jets in the U.S. The proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday largely follows recommendations that Boeing made to airlines in July.
Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines are saying no to a contract offer hammered out by their union and the airline.
The federal government may be preparing to penalize Southwest Airlines for thousands of flight cancellations that affected more than 2 million travelers last December.
Southwest is limiting a popular service that lets passengers jump ahead in the airline's unusual boarding system to get a better chance of scoring a good seat.
A court watchdog has filed a complaint against the federal judge who ordered “religious-liberty training” for a trio of Southwest Airlines lawyers.
A judge's order requiring “religious-liberty training” by a conservative Christian group is stirring debate among legal scholars.
A federal judge is heaping sanctions on Southwest Airlines for, he says, failing to follow his orders in a case involving a fired flight attendant's free-speech rights.
Hackers gained personal information about thousands of people who applied to become pilots at American and Southwest airlines.
Southwest Airlines is making progress in contract talks with one union but suffering a setback with another.
Two airliners aborted their landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across the runways on which they were going to land.
Most U.S. airlines lost money in the first quarter, traditionally the weakest time of year for travel, but they are all eagerly looking ahead to a summer of full planes and high fares.