Kyle Arnold, Dallas Morning News

16/11/2022

These will be the busiest holiday travel dates at DFW Airport and Dallas Love Field

Nearly two million passengers could go through DFW Airport and Dallas Love Field next week, if weather doesn’t turn the holiday into a travel nightmare.

21/07/2022

Southwest Airlines will be allowed to expand to DFW Airport in 2025 without giving up coveted space at its home base at Dallas Love Field.

Some key figures think Southwest Airlines could soon be invading the home turf and fortress hub of American Airlines.

Here's how we got here and what's at stake.

Starting in 2025, Southwest Airlines can expand to any airport in the region without giving up coveted space at capacity-restricted Dallas Love Field — an...

02/06/2022

Do you think regular inflation is tough? Try vacation inflation.

Every part of summer vacations are more expensive this year from airfare (48%) and hotels (46%) to parking and dining out.

Skyrocketing inflation is meeting unprecedented consumer demand head-on -- and the supply of summertime vacation escape just can’t keep pace. But after months...

01/02/2022

Waiting to buy spring and summer airfare? Might not want to wait much longer. Prices are going up -- fast.

The COVID-19 era of cheap flights is swiftly coming to an end and travel firms are seeing signs that airfares will likely reach 2019 pre-pandemic levels as...

26/01/2022

What would tell Dallas business leaders days before he takes over as CEO?

Bob Jordan has less than a week before he moves into the CEO chair and Southwest Airlines, and part of that duty was facing the Dallas business community...

13/12/2021

DFW International Airport has always ranked high in delays among major airports, but during the pandemic it has been the worst in the country.

The nation’s airports have seen fewer delayed arrivals since COVID-19 shocked the air travel industry and forced a reduction in flight numbers, but DFW...

08/12/2021

A new fare type is coming to Southwest Airlines to join the Wanna Get Away, Anytime and Business Select ticket types.

Coming out of the pandemic, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is getting ready to shake up the air travel business with a new category of tickets, expanding...

29/11/2021

Only 1 cancellation for Southwest Airlines on Sunday. Fewer than 1% of flights canceled for American Airlines on the busiest day since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

How the two struggling airlines put it together for the Thanksgiving travel week.

U.S. airports recorded a pandemic high of 2.4 million passengers passing through security checkpoints Sunday, but airlines seemingly handled the busiest...

29/11/2021

American Airlines has more than doubled its flights in and out of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Is it enough to dethrone Southwest as the dominant carrier in and out of Texas' capital?

No airport of its size in the country has bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic the way Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has, buoyed by a growing...

18/11/2021

“I’m anxious about the flight,” said Dallas' Greg Malcolm, who is traveling to New York for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. “This is my childhood dream. I didn’t want to let anything get in the way.”

DFW International Airport could see as many as 260,000 passengers on the day before Thanksgiving, the peak flying day in what promises to be a busy holiday...

17/11/2021

Vaccine requirements may be causing a stir among employees at American Airlines, but it isn't hurting efforts to recruit new workers, said CEO Doug Parker Wednesday

American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said that COVID-19 vaccine requirements have not hindered the company’s hiring efforts, even as existing workers bristle...

11/10/2021

Politicians such as Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Ron Johnson and Donald Trump, Jr. have been pushing the idea that pilots protesting vaccine mandates led to 1000s of cancellations and delays for
Southwest Airlines.

Both the airline and the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association say that's untrue.

Southwest Airlines and the union representing its pilots say that crew members did not call out of work sick to protest vaccine mandates, leading to...

07/10/2021

American Airlines told employees they have until Nov. 24 to submit proof of vaccination or be fired.

Hundreds rallied outside American headquarters in Fort Worth to protest the move.

Hundreds of American Airlines workers and supporters crowded outside the company’s corporate headquarters in Fort Worth Thursday holding signs reading “Manda...

22/09/2021

Best of all, it's free

DFW Airport is experimenting with a “fast pass” for TSA security lines at one of its TSA security checkpoints. The trial run allows passengers to make an...

13/09/2021

Which one is more painful, a body check from an NHL hockey player or a whack from a flight attendant?

A former NHL hockey player has filed a suit against American Airlines claiming that he “was the victim of an unprovoked battery” by a flight attendant...

07/09/2021

The 2001 terrorist attacks and the COVID-19 pandemic shocked the airline industry, resulted in thousands of lost jobs and scared people away from traveling.

But American's rallied around solutions 20 years ago while today air travel divides.

Two decades after airplanes were used as weapons to incite terror, the COVID-19 pandemic has pitted passenger against passenger on planes and once again...

03/09/2021

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2021/09/03/labor-regulators-reject-bid-to-replace-union-for-american-airlines-mechanics/

Attempts to force a vote to replace the union representing American Airlines mechanics have failed, national labor regulators ruled Thursday. The Aircraft...

10/08/2021

Want to know if any big changes will be coming to Southwest Airlines under incoming CEO Robert Jordan? Here's what he's said so far.

Southwest Airlines is less than six months transitioning to just the sixth CEO in company history and so far the long-time company insider Robert Jordan...

03/08/2021

Another day, more travel delays. It seems the next domino is pilot and flight attendant staffing issues.

More than three-quarters of American’s flight cancellations Tuesday came from problems with crew availability, according to an internal company document...

02/08/2021

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2021/08/02/dfw-and-american-airlines-are-flooded-with-cancellations-and-delays-after-sundays-thunderstorms/

29/07/2021

American Airlines is buying a stake in JetSmart out of Chile. JetSmart's owner is Indigo Partners, which also owns Frontier Airlines.

In a bid to rejuvenate its connections in South America, Fort Worth-based American Airlines is buying a minority stake and forging a partnership with low-cos...

26/07/2021

The latest shortage in this pandemic recovery is airline fuel

Some smaller airports across the country are running out of fuel for commercial jets, and now American Airlines is warning pilots to prepare for the...

28/06/2021

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2021/06/28/southwest-airlines-flight-attendants-stretched-to-the-limit-as-cancellations-drag-on/

Southwest Airlines flight attendants say they have had to “bear the brunt” of several weeks of weather cancellations, tech difficulties and weather delays...

25/06/2021

Southwest Airlines is raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour by Aug. 1

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines will raise its minimum wage for all workers in August to at least $15 an hour, giving a boost in pay to about 7,000 workers.

23/06/2021

Southwest Airlines CEO plans to retire in early 2022 and make way for Robert Jordan, the company's corporate services chief. Kelly has run the company since 2004 and grown it into the country's largest domestic carrier.

Gary Kelly will pass the baton to another longtime Southwest Airlines executive. Robert Jordan, next year. Southwest said Wednesday that Kelly, 66, will...

18/06/2021

Southwest Airlines' very first flight was 50 years ago today.

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines marks its 50th anniversary as an operating airline Friday. That fledgling airline, famously born from a sketch on a...

16/06/2021

Is the Terminal D expansion at DFW International Airport the future of air travel?

DFW International Airport is putting the finishing touches on a four-gate extension to the D Terminal after officially opening the area to passengers in...

15/06/2021

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is dealing with another technical problem that has sidelined its entire operation, following a similar issue Monday that...

11/06/2021

American Airlines is flying a lot more flights with more seats than any of its rivals. The post-pandemic race for airlines is on.

Fort Worth-based American Airlines has taken the pandemic as an opportunity to re-emerge as the world’s largest airline, a title it has it traded back and...