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The airline canceled thousands of flights during the holidays and left hundreds of thousands of people across the country looking for new travel plans. Critics say that’s because it failed to fund technology needed to match its growth, dating back to Southwest co-founder Herb Kelleher.
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Passengers who looked for last-minute tickets encountered sky-high prices — in some cases, triple or quadruple the rate for the same route in the last few months. Experts say it's fairly normal.
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More than 100 U.S. flights were canceled, according to tracker FlightAware. The cancellations and delays come during a period of chaotic travel said to resemble pre-pandemic levels.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced action against six airlines, but only one is a U.S. carrier; the others are foreign. "It's too little and too late," one consumer advocate says.
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The jets are set to be ready for passengers before 2030 and will half the time it currently takes to cross the Atlantic.
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Rose Reyes was stranded for five days in Gander Newfoundland in the aftermath of 9/11.
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After a flight attendant lost two teeth during an attack by a customer, Southwest Airlines decided to delay its return to serving passengers alcohol.
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Airlines got billions in federal COVID-19 aid over the past year, but consumer advocates and two senators say the companies are sitting on nearly $15 billion in refunds owed for canceled travel.
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United Airlines also says it is cutting back the number of flights that will operate in August due to the decline in demand as coronavirus cases continue to surge across the U.S.
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From Texas Standard : Normally during the summer, millions of Americans travel by air every day. But that's not happening this year because of the...