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DALLAS — Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan pocketed a 75% pay and compensation increase in his first year on the job, a year that ended in an epic debacle as the carrier’s operations melted down during the holidays.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The program that 25 years ago was among the worst in college basketball, that had 14 losing seasons in 15 years, that had never been ranked in the Associated Press poll until 2010, that hadn’t won an NCAA Tournament game until 2011, that hadn’t been past the…

The flight safely landed safely back at Nevada two hours after take-off from Las Vegas after an off-duty pilot stepped in to save the day following a medical incident

Drama as Southwest Airlines Flight 6013 returns to Las Vegas following on-board medical emergency

The clip follows a slew of TikTokers sharing hacks on securing a row of airline seats to themselves

Flight returns to Las Vegas two hours after taking off due to onboard medical emergency

Flight returns to Las Vegas two hours after taking off due to onboard medical emergency

As passengers came out of pandemic restrictions and pent-up demand to travel in 2022, airline on-time arrival rates still lagged 2019 levels at most of the country’s major carriers including Fort Worth-based American Airlines and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines.

Three months after a travel meltdown plagued Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, the carrier is rolling out what it hopes to be its redemption: a three-part plan to boost operations.

Dallas-Fort Worth’s hometown air carriers are still breaking up fights and subduing unruly passengers nearly a year after the face mask mandate dropped, with incidents often caught on camera and posted to social media.

The fight broke out after one passenger bumped into another's wife and tempers rose on board the Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas to Phoenix, in the US