The Latest Breaking News from Southwest

Southwest Airlines offers bigger raises to customer service workers after rejected deal

Southwest Airlines is offering bigger raises and sign-on bonuses to help secure a deal with one of its largest labor groups after coming to a proposed contract agreement with the union representing 8,300 customer service workers.

Tribune News Service · Oct 24, 2022

The best airlines for holiday travel on points

In NerdWallet’s annual analysis of airline mile valuations, holiday flights often don’t provide the highest per-mile value

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022

Southwest Airlines chases small firms as business traffic recovers

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is trying to lure small and medium businesses into its travel system as the airline industry faces another rough patch.

Tribune News Service · Oct 17, 2022

Flight attendants protest at O’Hare and Midway, Lightfoot defends Invest South/West plan and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 27, 2022

Why Southwest Airlines flight attendants are picketing today

Southwest Airlines flight attendants picketed Tuesday and at 10 airports airports across the country as contract negotiations stalled following a difficult summer for the air travel industry.

Tribune News Service · Sep 27, 2022

Flight attendants protest at Midway, O’Hare

Nearly 200 Southwest Airlines employees lined Cicero Avenue, holding signs and chanting. Flight attendants at United Airlines also protested at O’Hare Airport.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 27, 2022

Southwest Airlines President Mike Van De Ven stepping down at end of 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Sep 27, 2022

Southwest Airlines pilots seek federal intervention in stalled contract talks

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.

Tribune News Service · Sep 15, 2022

Southwest Airlines tries again for contract with aircraft cleaners including bigger raises

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.

Tribune News Service · Sep 9, 2022

Airline pilot threatens to halt plane take off after passenger AirDrops nude pictures

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

Daily Mirror · Sep 2, 2022