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Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly argued this week that software bugs in Boeing’s 737 Max fleet were “easily” fixed by engineers. The software problems led to two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019, each of which claimed the lives of all passengers and crew on board.

A Southwest plane returned to its gate on Saturday to boot off a mom and her son after the two-year-old took off his mask to have a snack.

A Texas mom said her family was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight Monday because her three-year-old autistic son would not wear a mask.

Southwest Airlines Co. warned investors on Thursday that a drop in bookings and an increase in cancellations will diminish their expected first-quarter revenue.

A couple from Buena Park, California, got a sweet surprise when they boarded a plane to bring their adopted baby home in November.

Southwest Airlines flew more than 17 million passengers on planes with unconfirmed maintenance records over a roughly two year period, according to draft government report reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.

JetBlue, Delta, United, American, Southwest, and Alaska Airlines all reportedly experienced “systemwide outages” across multiple U.S. airports, Monday, which led to the grounding of flights. The FAA has said a flight planning weight and balance program used by the airlines caused the outages.

The world’s largest airline plans to cancel roughly 90 flights a day next month after being forced to ground all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.

A Southwest plane slid off a wet runway as it landed during heavy rain at Hollywood Burbank Airport north of Los Angeles.

A Southwest Airlines gate agent allegedly mocked the unusual name of a five-year-old epileptic girl while the child recently pre-boarded a flight.

A female passenger is speaking out after her male seatmate on a Southwest Airlines flight allegedly masturbated next to her on Tuesday.

Southwest Airlines gave passengers on board Flight 1380 a $5,000 cash settlement and $1,000 travel voucher after an engine explosion caused a woman’s death.

A Southwest Airlines flight from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Dallas Love Field made an emergency landing Tuesday in Philadelphia after an engine suffered serious damage.

Southwest and American Airlines separately announced on Tuesday that they would be rewarding their employees with a $1,000 bonus as a result of the passage of the GOP tax bill.

A man decided to lighten up everyone’s day at an airport by turning a flight delay into an open mic session, according to a video of the event.

A fistfight broke out between two passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas to Burbank on Sunday as it was taxiing to the gate at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, the Los Angeles Times reported.

“A man who appeared to be under the influence of some substance” led police on a wild chase after he “breached a secure area at San Francisco International Airport Wednesday.”

Two Dallas-Fort Worth-based commercial airlines are now clear for take-off to airports in Cuba according to the Obama Administration’s “efforts to normalize relations”. Within the year, American travelers can expect up to 90 daily round-trip flights between the United States and nine destinations on the Communist island nation.

An agreement will be signed in Havana on Tuesday opening Cuban airport gates to more than 100 flights a day from the United States. The flights of scheduled airline service will begin sometime later this year. Two Texas-based Carriers, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines, are in the mix to compete for those slots.

On Sunday night, for the fourth time this month, a Southwest Airlines plane experienced problems, forcing it to change its landing plans.

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On Sunday, for the second time in a week, a Southwest Airlines jet had an on-the-ground accident, as a jet pushing back from its gate bumped into another Southwest jet parked at the next gate.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed Friday that an unmanned drone came too close to a Southwest Airlines Flight in the skies over Dallas.

A Wisconsin woman traveling on a Southwest Airlines flight to Milwaukee says that flight attendants forced her to turn her phone off and wouldn’t let her try to stop her husband who was threatening suicide just as the plane was about to take off.

Southwest Airlines has reported bomb threats to authorities from eight separate Twitter accounts from 7-10 P.M. EST Monday night, including one from Twitter handle @ISISGangCP.