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However, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 was enacted on 27 December 2020, providing $15 billion in airline aid, and Southwest rescinded the furlough notices and pay cuts. [196] Southwest posted a US$3.1 billion loss for fiscal year 2020, the first time the airline had not turned an annual profit since 1972. [197]
The U.S. airline industry is seeking more than $50 billion in government assistance, according to lobbying group Airlines for America, which represents Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), Delta ...
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 ...
On 25 November, separately from IATA's digital health pass initiative, five major airlines—United Airlines, Lufthansa, Virgin Atlantic, Swiss International Air Lines, and JetBlue—announced the 1 December 2020 introduction of the CommonPass, which shows the results of passengers' COVID-19 tests.
In order to stay above water, most airlines in the U.S. have restructured their schedules and created new guidelines with pandemic safety in mind. Coronavirus and air travel: What airlines are ...
Budget carrier Southwest Airlines, known for all-economy seating with no assigned seats, friendly service and complimentary checked bags, recently announced it would launch overnight flights at ...
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]
Following the COVID-19 outbreak, airlines including American, Delta, JetBlue and United are taking measures to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Coronavirus travel: See list of US airline ...