Southwest Airlines’ chief executive, Bob Jordan, said frigid temperatures and mistakes by the company caused its meltdown around Christmas.
Category: Airlines and Airplanes
FAA Outage Highlights Fragility of the Aviation System
The Federal Aviation Administration halted flights Wednesday morning after a system to alert pilots to safety issues went down, just two weeks after a major Southwest Airlines meltdown.
Southwest’s Meltdown Could Cost It Up to $825 Million
The airline has not said how soon it will upgrade the systems that contributed to mass flight cancellations, or how much that will cost.