Southwest Airlines

By Christine Boynton
Southwest Airlines is planning for future red-eye flights, an evolution of its existing network model.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
Of the four out of five largest U.S. airlines with union-represented flight attendants, Southwest’s are the only currently under a TA.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Southwest Airlines is exploring the feasibility of an inter-island and intra-island seaglider network in Hawaii.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Southwest ponders the costs of transitioning away from all-Boeing fleet while United asks Boeing to stop building MAX 10s for the airline in favor of MAX 9s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Antoine Fafard
For a third consecutive year, Delta Air Lines has come out as the leader for on-time performance in among the “Big 4” U.S. operators.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Southwest is looking at shifting future Boeing 737 MAX deliveries even further toward the -8 and reducing its exposure to the -7, according to CEO Bob Jordan.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Southwest Airlines has launched a wholly owned subsidiary focused on obtaining scalable sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Airlines & Lessors

As ATW prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Awards on May 31, we are recognizing each decade of winners.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport handled 22.1 million passengers in 2023, up 4.8% over 2022, which had previously been the airport’s busiest-ever year.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
FAA proposals mandating Boeing 737NG nacelle changes have some operators concerned about the agency’s plan to mitigate the risk of maintenance errors.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
As many challenges begin the year, carriers anticipate high labor and maintenance costs, delivery delays and air traffic control shortages in the rest of 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
An event-saturated January followed a year not short on its own challenges, and during recent earnings calls airlines projected which issues might spill over.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The airline will open its seventh base at Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, California on May 1.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
Boeing is withdrawing its request for a time-limited exemption covering a de-icing system that would have allowed the 737-7 to be certified with a known noncompliance.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
Boeing is seeking an exemption from FAA to allow the 737-7 to be certified and enter service as the airframer works to address engine inlet durability issues.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
By the end of a newly ratified five-year contract, pilot pay at Southwest Airlines will rise by nearly 45%.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Boeing’s newest 737-7 exemption request faces opposition from inside and outside the FAA.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Southwest entered the winter season using a new playbook it developed following December 2022’s operational disruption.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
U.S. airlines delivered a solid operational performance during the recent holiday season.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Investigators detail systemic weaknesses and questionable assumptions as likely contributors to a near-collision between a FedEx Boeing 767 and a Southwest 737.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
Insufficient wage increases in relation to the cost of living and stagnant compensation from previous years were the major reasons they rejected the agreement.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
The airline is the last of the U.S. Big Four to remain in negotiations with its pilots.
Airlines & Lessors