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Southwest said the U.S. Department of Transportation told the airline Friday that "it has determined the company had failed to provide adequate customer service assistance, prompt flight status ...
The federal government is fining Southwest Airlines $140 million for last year’s historic, 10-day-long holiday meltdown that stranded more than 2 million travelers.
USDOT on Monday pointed to Southwest Airlines customer service plan, which notes the airline will provide meal or hotel vouchers for extended delays that are due to issues within the airline's ...
The crisis spanned December 21–30, at the peak of the holiday travel season, and is referred to in the news media as the Southwest Airlines holiday travel meltdown [3] or simply as the holiday meltdown, [4] [5] [6] a name also used by the Southwest Airlines pilot's union [7] and the U.S. Department of Transportation. [8]
In the US, Southwest Airlines had the lowest rate of complaints in 2006, with 0.11 complaints per 100,000 passengers, while US Airways and United Airlines had the worst rate of complaints, both with 1.36 complaints per 100,000 passengers. [7] US Airways is also the US airline with the worst on-time performance, which might explain its rate of ...
(Southwest recently shared customer research showing the airline would lose $300 million annually if it charged for bags, based on the number of consumers who would stop flying Southwest.)
Southwest Airlines was founded in 1966 by Herbert Kelleher and Rollin King, and incorporated as Air Southwest Co. in 1967.Three other airlines (Braniff, Trans-Texas Airways, and Continental Airlines) took legal action to try to prevent the company from its planned strategy of undercutting their prices by flying only within Texas and thus being exempt from regulation by the federal Civil ...
Southwest Airlines said they “appreciate the patience” of their customers and employees during the “brief disruption.” The debacle comes just four months after the airline experienced a ...