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The Flight Compensation Regulation in the European Union requires airlines to compensate passengers an amount from 250 to 600 euros for cancellations or delays of at least two hours.

The flight was headed from Las Vegas to Columbus, Ohio. A pilot from another carrier who happened to be on board helped the second Southwest pilot, who took the controls.

Chaos erupted aboard a Southwest Airlines plane in Dallas when one passenger unleashed a torrent of punches on another, in an attack captured in viral video, officials said Wednesday.

The Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing at its departure airport on Sunday. No injuries were reported.

The 9-hour ordeal involving Southwest flight 3094 included three passengers vomiting as the plane shook "like crazy," recounted one North Carolina couple on board. Another person, the couple said, had a panic attack and passed out on the plane amid its wild approach into Raleigh -- which was aborted at the last second at 1,350 feet, according to flight data.

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Southwest Airlines is spending over $1 billion to fix the technology issues which took down its nationwide system. Aviation experts say it may not be enough.

Southwest Airlines honored the life of Kaya, a retired military service dog, during her final flight on Feb. 2 from Washington, DC's Reagan National to Dallas Love Field.

Congress is hearing today about the December meltdown at Southwest Airlines.

A lack of "operational resilience" led carrier to cancel 16,000 flights, carrier's chief operating officer said.

NPR obtained Chief Operating Officer Andrew Watterson's prepared testimony for his scheduled appearance before a Senate committee to discuss what led to thousands of flights being canceled.

Southwest's COO will faces questions from a Senate panel on Thursday over the airline's holiday meltdown.

The airline is addressing issues that led to widespread cancellations in December

A FedEx cargo plane and a Southwest plane avoided a collision on the Austin airport runway on Saturday morning. The FAA and NTSB are investigating the incident.

Senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal have introduced legislation calling for an airline passenger bill of rights. It follows the meltdown with Southwest Airlines that impacted thousands of flights. CBS News' Kris Van Cleave reports.

A FedEx cargo plane and Southwest Airlines jet came within 1,000 feet of each other this weekend at an Austin runway, according to a flight-tracking group.

Just before a FedEx cargo airplane was due to land, an air traffic controller cleared the Southwest flight to depart from the same runway. The FAA and the NTSB are investigating the incident.

A FedEx cargo jet was attempting to land when a Southwest Airlines jet was cleared to take off from the same runway, the FAA said.

Southwest is sending its operating chief, but not its CEO, to the Senate Commerce committee hearing.

Congress is going to take another look at legislation covering the rights of airline passengers.

Sens. Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal reintroduced legislation that would strengthen airline passengers' rights.

A large winter weather front has caused widespread travel delays and power outages in the Great Plains and the South, as well as a reported death in Texas.

Airlines have canceled hundreds of flights in Texas due to bad winter weather.

Winter weather has brought ice to a wide swath of the United States, canceling more than 1,700 flights nationwide and snarling highways.

Southwest and American Airlines canceled dozens of flights in northern Texas by early Monday afternoon as reports of inclement weather in the coming week began surfacing.

Southwest Airlines and American Airlines are canceling dozens of flights in north Texas, which is under a winter storm warning until midweek.

"Saturday Night Live" took to the skies with a comedic take on Southwest Airlines holiday debacle while Michael B. Jordan made his hosting debut.

Southwest tried to send them on "flights to nowhere," the coach said, before a local businessman finally chartered a bus for $15,000 to get them home.

Can Southwest repair its flight network and reputation after it cancelled nearly 17,000 December flights? Are other airlines vulnerable?

The Department of Transportation says it is looking into the airline's flight scheduling practices and will hold it accountable for refunds. The 16,700 canceled flights cost Southwest $800 million.

The Transportation Department says the carrier might have deceived customers by knowingly scheduling more flights in late December than it realistically could handle.

Southwest's holiday meltdown cost it hundreds of millions of dollars.

Video of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, being attacked will be made public following a ruling by a California judge. The Transportation Dept. is examining whether Southwest Airlines knowingly over-sold flights last month, leading to a nationwide travel meltdown. Southwest blames the disruption on winter weather. And doctors in Texas separated conjoined twins in a historic 11-hour surgery. Both babies are recovering well.

The federal government is investigating whether Southwest Airlines knowingly scheduling more flights than it could handle in December, when it ended up canceling nearly 17,000 flights.

Southwest canceled more than 16,000 flights over the holidays.

Southwest said it canceled about 16,700 flights between Dec. 21 through Dec. 31, failing to recover from severe winter weather.

The CEO of United Airlines says it could be another rocky year for air travelers.

The CEO of United Airlines said Wednesday that other airlines won’t be able to handle all the flights they plan to operate this year, leading to more disruptions for travelers. Scott Kirby said airlines that operate as if this is still 2019, before the pandemic, are bound to struggle. “The system simply can’t handle the volume today, much less the anticipated growth,” Kirby said.

Southwest Airlines pilots' union is calling a vote that would give it the power to call for a potential strike, weeks after the carrier's holiday meltdown.

Fifteen senators signed a letter to Southwest CEO Bob Jordan demanding answers about the airline's year-end meltdown.

Delta and other airlines had said demand remained strong throughout the quarter.

The Federal Aviation Administration said late Wednesday that early work traced the blackout to a "damaged database file."

Many Southwest Airlines passengers are still waiting to be reimbursed for costs they incurred during last month's meltdown.

The FAA said Wednesday morning it is making progress in restoring its Notice to Air Missions System

Southwest Airlines is making a number of executive promotions, but nobody is getting fired after thousands of flights were canceled in late December.

Southwest Airlines announced a number of executive promotions on Monday, days after announcing that last month’s service meltdown will cost the company up to $825 million, but none of the changes involved the highest ranking officers. The airline said the changes “will strengthen our operational execution” while also saying they were long-planned and a continuation of restructuring that began in September under a new CEO, Robert Jordan. Four of the five executives getting promoted joined Southwest in 2001 or before, although one left for five years before returning to the Dallas-based airline.

Southwest Airlines says disruptions that led to more than 16,700 cancelled flights over the holidays will have severe financial consequences for the company.

Losses from refunds and cancellations exceed net profit Southwest made in first nine months of year.

Southwest Airlines says a winter storm and technology breakdown over the holidays will cost it up to $825 million.

United States Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Fox News' 'Special Report' to react to criticism and the Southwest Airlines debacle.

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Although carrier has resumed normal service, customers claim it has been sluggish in tracking down lost luggage.

With its flights running on a roughly normal schedule, Southwest Airlines is now turning its attention to repairing its damaged reputation after it canceled 15,000 flights around Christmas and left holiday travelers stranded.

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Southwest's initial offer of vouchers for canceled flights violated its contract of carriage, passenger alleges.

Captain Tom Nekouei said in a scathing open letter that Gary Kelly prioritized shareholder returns over investing in technology to modernize operations.

Southwest Airlines says it will award the travelers who were caught in the surge of canceled flights during the holidays 25,000 frequent-flyer points, an award worth more than $300 in flights.

Noam Littman of Appleton, New Jersey says his family is now "hesitant" to plan a trip like this again.

Southwest Airlines is trying to fix its relationship with travelers who got stuck by canceled flights over the holidays.

The frequent-flier points, worth about $300, will never expire and have no blackout dates, according to airline's CEO.

Southwest Airlines is returning to a relatively normal flight schedule as the focus shifts to making things right with what could be well more than a million passengers who missed family connections or flights home during the holidays, and many of whom are still missing luggage.

Southwest Airlines expects to return to normal operations this week after slashing about two-thirds of its schedule in recent days.

Families hoping to catch a Southwest Airlines flight after days of cancellations, missing luggage and missed family connections are suffering through another wave of scrubbed flights.

The cancellations of thousands of Southwest Airlines flights are leaving passengers stranded for days.

AAA projects nearly 113 million people will travel from December 23 to January 2, closing in on pre-pandemic numbers.

Shares are mixed in Asia after a post-holiday retreat on Wall Street, as markets count down to the end of a painful year for investors.

Canceled and delayed flights on Monday were causing headaches for some travelers, even as temperatures started to warm up in Jacksonville.

The plane landed just before 8 a.m. after being diverted to JAX.

A Southwest Airlines pilot is suing the company, her union and a former colleague who pleaded guilty last year to stripping naked in front of her during a flight.

Testimony at the antitrust trial involving American Airlines and JetBlue is turning toward access to airports in New York and Boston.

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

Southwest Airlines is reporting higher profit and record revenue, but its shares are down because of concern over rising costs.

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.

Authorities say a woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas’ Love Field Airport before an officer shot and wounded her.

There's a shortage of pilots at many airlines, and pilot unions are demanding higher pay in contract negotiations.

Pilots at Southwest Airlines say fatigue from poor scheduling is a growing problem and is raising safety concerns.

Air travelers in the U.S. are getting a break after a bad weekend that left thousands of flyers stranded.

Travel delays from the weekend continue Monday morning—and will impact some travelers planning to fly in and out of Jacksonville International Airport.

Southwest Airlines is adding a new, fourth fare category to try to boost revenue.

Thanks to strong passenger traffic over the winter holidays, Southwest Airlines is reporting a $68 million profit for the fourth quarter.

New 5G wireless service is up and running in the United States, with little of the feared disruption to air travel.

Two major cellphone carriers, AT&T and Verizon, agreed Tuesday afternoon to delay some new 5G wireless service.

The airline industry is raising the stakes in a showdown with AT&T and Verizon over plans to launch new 5G wireless service this week, warning that thousands of flights could be grounded or delayed if the rollout takes place near major airports.

In a few weeks, Robert Jordan will become the chief executive of Southwest Airlines, replacing Gary Kelly, the longest-serving CEO among major U.S. carriers.

Telecom giants AT&T and Verizon have agreed to postpone the launch of a new slice of 5G wireless service after airlines and aviation groups complained that the networks can interfere with systems on board planes.

The new year is bringing more of the same old misery that air travelers in the United States have been enduring for more than a week.

The forces that have scrambled thousands of flights since Christmas Eve could ease in January, but that’s cold comfort to the millions of flyers with New Year’s plans.

Travelers love to hate airline fees, and several congressional Democrats say it's time to regulate the extra charges for things like checking a bag.

Amazon’s cloud-service network suffered a major outage Tuesday, the company said, disrupting access to many popular sites. The service provides remote computing services to many governments, universities and companies, including News4JAX and The Associated Press.

Dallas police say a woman has been arrested after punching a Southwest Airlines employee in the head during boarding for a flight out of a Dallas airport.

Flight cancellations are skyrocketing at American Airlines.

It’s been a frustrating weekend for American Airline travelers.

American and Southwest Airlines are reporting that they made profits in the third quarter, thanks to large amounts of government pandemic relief.

Southwest Airlines is backing away from a plan to put unvaccinated workers on unpaid leave.

When Southwest Airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights over the weekend, unsupported claims blaming vaccine mandates began taking off.

Southwest Airlines canceled several hundred more flights Monday following a weekend of major disruptions that it blamed on bad weather and air traffic control issues.

Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds of flights over the weekend, blaming the woes on air traffic control issues and weather.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) blamed widespread flight cancellations this weekend on bad weather and air traffic control issues in Jacksonville.

Southwest Airlines has become the latest U.S. airline to say that it will require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.