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Southwest CEO 2010 compensation more than doubled
Southwest Airlines Co., BWI’s largest carrier, more than doubled the compensation for its CEO last year, to nearly $3.4 million, thanks mainly to a stock award worth $1.8 million. Gary C. […]
Damaged Southwest jet repaired, leaves for Texas
PHOENIX — A Southwest Airlines jetliner that had a fuselage rupture above Arizona early this month has left the state after being repaired. The Boeing 737-300 has been repainted and […]
Southwest says repaired planes will fly Saturday
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. says four planes being repaired for cracks in their aluminum skin will likely return to service by Saturday. Southwest said Thursday that a fifth plane […]
AirTran No. 1 in performance, but travelers’ complaints rise
WASHINGTON — Low-cost carrier AirTran had the best overall performance of the 16 largest U.S. carriers last year in an annual study of airline quality released Monday, knocking the previous […]
Southwest shifts blame for cracks to Boeing
Southwest Airlines Co. expected to have nearly all of its grounded planes back in the air by late Tuesday after checking them for microscopic cracks in the aluminum skin. That […]
Southwest to cancel 70 flights for inspections
Southwest Airlines, BWI’s largest carrier, expects to cancel 70 more flights on Monday as it inspects older planes for cracks in the fuselage. The airline canceled about 600 flights over […]
NTSB: Cracks found in 3 grounded Southwest planes
YUMA, Ariz. — Three more Southwest Airlines jetliners have small, subsurface cracks that are similar to the cracks suspected of playing a role in the fuselage tear of a Boeing […]
Airlines perform better but complaints are up
WASHINGTON — Airlines improved their performance last year, with fewer lost bags and bumped passengers due to overbooking and more on-time arrivals, but travelers were still dissatisfied, according to an […]
This time, airlines’ efforts to raise fares do not hold
The airlines’ latest effort to broadly raise U.S. fares by $10 per round trip has crumbled as discount carriers like Southwest Airlines decided not to raise their prices. After several […]
Southwest joins other US airlines in raising fares
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. has joined a sweeping increase of $10 in the price of many domestic round-trip airfares, citing the need to offset high fuel prices. Southwest’s action […]
Major airlines raise fares; Southwest holds steady
DALLAS — Major U.S. airlines are raising fares again, and the only question this time might be the size of the increase. This is the sixth broad fare increase the […]
Reward offered in laser incident near BWI
MILLERSVILLE — Federal and state officials are offering a reward in the case of a laser beamed at a commercial aircraft approaching Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The FBI and […]
