Southwest Airlines announces new policy
- 07-Apr-2026
Southwest Airlines said Tuesday it will limit passengers to one lithium portable charger on flights and ban them from being stowed in overhead bins to reduce risks of inflight battery fires. The new policy on power banks is effective April 20 and Southwest also said portable chargers are no longer allowed to be re-charged using […]
Airline forecasts loss after mass cancellations
- 06-Jan-2023
Southwest Airlines said on Friday it expects to post a loss in the fourth quarter after it canceled over 16,700 flights between Christmas and New Year’s Eve due to a tech meltdown. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Southwest Airlines (@southwestair) The mass cancellations during the peak season for U.S. airlines […]
Bus crash kills 27 in mountainous southwest China
- 18-Sep-2022
A bus crash killed 27 people and injured a further 20 when the vehicle rolled over on a highway in southwest China’s mountainous Guizhou province, local police said in a statement on Sunday. The accident took place in the early hours of Sunday morning in Sandu county, around 170 km (105 miles) southeast of the […]
Apple, Netflix pull out of South by Southwest festival amid coronavirus outbreak
- 05-Mar-2020
Facebook Inc had said earlier this week it would not participate in the festival.
One killed when engine explodes on Southwest flight
- 18-Apr-2018
PHILADELPHIA: An engine on a Southwest Airlines flight with 149 people aboard exploded and broke apart in mid-air on Tuesday, killing one passenger and nearly sucking another out of a shattered window, according to airline and federal authorities and witness and media accounts. The plane, a Boeing 737-700 which was bound to Dallas from New […]
US man asked to leave Southwest flight after critical tweet
- 25-Jul-2014
SAINT PAUL: A Minnesota man and his two sons were asked to leave a Southwest Airlines flight after the man sent a tweet complaining about being treated rudely by a gate agent.