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A flight attendent is suing Southwest Airlines for her husband’s COVID-19 death. She alleges she caught the virus while at a mandatory training last summer. The 69-year-old woman survived the illness, but her 73-year-old husband died a month later. NBC 5’s Sophia Beausoleil spoke with the woman’s attorney.

Federal authorities have charged a former Southwest Airlines pilot with indecent exposure for an incident they say occurred during a flight last August. Michael Haak was the pilot in command of the plane during a flight from Philadelphia to Orlando, Florida, according to a one-page filing in federal district court in Maryland. According to the document, which was dated Friday,…

Southwest Airlines is lifting the threat of furloughs or pay cuts for thousands of workers now that U.S. airlines will get up to $15 billion more in taxpayer aid contained in the coronavirus-relief bill.

Southwest Airlines will again be booking middle seats on flights. All passengers are still required to wear masks aboard the plane.

Next stop, Hawaii. Southwest Airlines has launched a new, nonstop service from San Diego to Honolulu.

Southwest Airlines hopes their planes will be a little more full starting December 1. That’s when the Dallas-based carrier will resume filling the middle seat. Southwest doesn’t assign seats but had been underselling the cabin in order to free up the middle seat to make travelers feel safer during the pandemic. The airline defended its decision in a statement,...

Southwest Airlines says its workers must take pay cuts or face furloughs next year.

About 40,000 workers in the airline industry are facing layoffs on Thursday unless Congress comes up with another aid package.

Southwest Airlines will soon test thermal cameras to spot travelers who are running a fever, a symptom of COVID-19.

More airline employees are signing up for buyouts, leaves of absence and early retirements as the threat of furloughs looms this summer.

Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that new bookings are outpacing cancellations, a turning point in the pandemic that has devastated air travel demand. The Dallas-based carrier said its May operating revenue will likely be down no more than 90% year over year, compared with a previous estimate for a decline as much as 95% compared with May 2019. It added that it’s…

A man on a Southwest Airlines flight from Ft. Lauderdale to St. Louis on Thursday night didn’t need a seat in first class to receive VIP treatment. That’s because he was the only passenger on the plane, NBC News reports. Bob Pitts documented some of the flight in a series of videos. “We’re going on our little flight from...

With the evolving nature of the outbreak, some airlines have increased their flight cancellations, and have even begun waiving fees for those who previously booked flights to high-risk countries.

Southwest Airlines continues to fly airplanes with safety concerns while federal officials do a poor job overseeing the airline, a government watchdog said Tuesday. The airline has flown more than 150,000 flights on 88 jets it bought on the used-plane market and which had unconfirmed maintenance histories, the Transportation Department’s inspector general said in a report. That put more than…