Southwest Airlines

American Airlines will cut four more routes from Austin-Bergstrom (AUS), and Southwest Airlines is in a dispute with San Antonio (SAT) over gate assignments.

Southwest Airlines’ founding policies have served it well. But times have changed, and the US airline is adapting.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Under pressure from an activist investor, seven Southwest Airlines board members will step down, including longtime leader and Executive Chairman Gary Kelly.

The FAA and NTSB are investigating the event, which took place around 9:15 a.m. local time on Sept. 12.

A decision by Gary Kelly to step away from Southwest Airlines after nearly 40 years likely buys the airline time to present an updated business plan.

Executive Chairman Gary Kelly is among seven board members retiring from Southwest Airlines, to make way for new leadership.

Weather is an ongoing challenge for airlines, and recent disruptions have spurred technological upgrades and collaboration to improve delay mitigation.

Hard profitability lessons are being relearned by U.S. airlines.

Complicated by COVID-19, the negotiations have been ongoing for years with some bargaining groups, and patience is wearing thin.

Rewards programs are under scrutiny at American Airlines, Delta, Southwest and United Airlines as the U.S. DOT looks at whether they are transparent and fair.

Editors discuss what was behind a disappointing second quarter and why U.S. airlines are changing their product offerings.

A near-unanimous vote from United Airlines flight attendants has authorized a potential strike.

Southwest is set for a Sept. 9 meeting with Elliott Investment Management but compromise on what Elliott ultimately seeks—new leadership at the helm—is elusive.

Carriers are bolstering resilience to growing cybersecurity threats, while regulators work to encourage collaboration around risks and harmonize standards.

It may or may not be a coincidence that Elliott launched a proxy fight with Southwest just as the firm succeeded in a management shake-up at Starbucks.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at how the largest four U.S. low-cost carriers (LCCs) are faring compared to 2019.

Archer Aviation has released new details about its planned air taxi network in Los Angeles, one of the startup’s key launch cities, which it says can become operational as soon as 2026.

Financial results for the four largest U.S. carriers during the second quarter (Q2) of 2024 revealed record high quarterly revenue and net profits.

Southwest Airlines investor Eilliott says it intends to give shareholders the opportunity to elect new board members.

The carrier is facing a U.S. Transportation Department investigation into its lengthy recovery from a global IT-system failure.

The carriers are considering new product options to adapt to a changing environment.

Long considered an industry change-driver, the carrier is reworking the model that has set it apart for more than 50 years.

Southwest Airlines expects teething pains from a new revenue management system to ease later in 2024, but headwinds from its implementation are persisting.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.