US EditionUS waives $11 million Southwest Airlines fine imposed over 2022 holiday meltdown
The DOT credited Southwest’s $112.4 million network upgrade and improved on-time performance, waiving the final $11 million of a $140 million fine after 2022 disruptions.
- The Trump administration forgave the last $11 million of a $140 million fine against Southwest Airlines for its 2022 holiday travel meltdown that stranded 2 million passengers.
- Southwest paid $600 million in refunds and reimbursements to affected passengers, faced additional labor costs and lost revenue costing $914 million after taxes.
- Southwest Airlines expressed gratitude to the Transportation Secretary for recognizing the airline's $1 billion investments in modernizing its operations since the meltdown.
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The US Government Is Letting Southwest Airlines Off Easy
After a Southwest Airlines software meltdown stranded two million customers over Christmas three years ago, the Department of Transportation imposed a $140 million fine. The Trump administration just let the airline off the hook for its remaining payments.
Scrapping huge fine on airline that stranded millions is 'in public interest': Trump admin
The Trump administration quietly posted a notice on the Department of Transportation website on Friday announcing that Southwest Airlines would have the remainder of its $140 million fine waived — a charge issued to the airline after it left millions of travelers stranded over the 2022 holiday seaso...
U.S. waives $11M Southwest Airlines fine over 2022 meltdown | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The Trump administration said Saturday it will waive an $11 million fine imposed on Southwest Airlines as part of a $140 million settlement over the carrier’s meltdown in December 2022 during a busy holiday travel period.
Hartford Courant
By DEE-ANN DURBIN The U.S. Department of Transportation eliminated part of a fine imposed on Southwest Airlines after the company cancelled thousands of flights during a winter storm in 2022. Under a 2023 agreement reached by the Biden administration, Southwest agreed to pay a civil sanction of $140 million. The government said at that time that the sanction was the biggest one it had imposed on an airline for violating consumer protection laws.…
Southwest Airlines is finally done paying a record-breaking fine for its spectacular 2022 Christmas holiday collapse
The Trump administration has fogiven that last $11 million of a record-breaking fine for Southwest Airlines' 2022 meltdown that cause the cancellation of aome 17,000 flights over the Christmas holiday.Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration has forgiven the last of a record-breaking fine against Southwest Airlines.Southwest was fined $140 million for a 2022 meltdown that led to the cancellation of 17,000 flights.The Transportation D…
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