The Latest Breaking News from Southwest

Southwest Airlines’ No. 2 executive is stepping down at the end of the year and giving up his role as president and chief operating officer.

Pilots at Southwest Airlines are asking the federal government for help in settling stalled contract negotiations with the Dallas-based air carrier, saying the two sides have “not made significant progress” in more than two years of talks.

Southwest Airlines came to a contract deal with the 170-member union that represents workers that clean airplanes, after the workers overwhelmingly rejected a contract this summer.

Passengers on board the Southwest Airlines flight from William P. Hobby Airport in Houston to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico were sent explicit photographs of a man's genitals on their iPhones

American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and several of the nation’s other top carriers are spelling out their policies on giving meal and hotel vouchers to passengers stranded by airline-caused delays and cancellations after regulators threatened tougher rules following a summer of travel turmoil.

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture in her back during a hard landing last month in California

‘You have this little baby in your arms and, in a blink of an eye, she’s sitting on the flight deck next to you’

The union representing flight attendants at Southwest Airlines has asked federal mediators to step in and help with stalled contract talks after more than three years of negotiations.

Federal officials say Southwest Airlines and its pilots union have resisted some investigations into accidents and other incidents, and have pushed to close the matters quickly

Federal investigators said Wednesday that Dallas-based Southwest Airlines stonewalled FAA investigations and pushed to close inquiries quickly even though it and union officials resisted handing over information.

COVID-19 outbreaks have hit Los Angeles International Airport with at least 400 confirmed cases among Transportation Security Administration staff and workers at American and Southwest airlines, according to county health officials.