Southwest Airlines continues to slash about two-thirds of its daily schedule, canceling another 2,350 flights Thursday, though most of the planes that flew arrived on time. Southwest is struggling to recover after being overwhelmed by a winter storm that left hundreds of pilots and flight attendants stranded out of position...
Southwest Airlines Flight Cancellations Continue to Snowball
Families hoping to catch a Southwest Airlines flight after days of cancellations, missing luggage and missed family connections suffered through another wave of scrubbed flights, with another 2,500 pulled from arrival and departure boards Wednesday. Exhausted travelers sought passage by other means using different airlines, rental cars, or trains —...
Southwest Under Scrutiny After Wave of Storm Cancellations
Major U.S. airlines were broadsided by the massive weekend winter storm that swept across large swaths of the country but had largely recovered by Tuesday, except for one. Problems at Southwest Airlines appeared to snowball after the worst of the storm passed. It cancelled more than 70% of its flights Monday, more...
What’s Needed to Grow Southwest’s Air Service in Fresno?
The inaugural Southwest Airlines flights out of Fresno Yosemite International Airport officially launched on Sunday. But, now that the balloons, cookies, pomp, and circumstance have subsided, what's next? "As far as the future, if the customers choose to fly us, then we will continue to grow and prosper here in...
Fresno Ticket Sales ‘Off the Charts’ for Southwest Airlines
Souhtwest Airlines' ticket counter. Check. Baggage claim. Check. Gate 17 numerical standing position signs. Check. GVWire took a tour with Fresno Yosemite International Airport Director of Aviation Kevin Meikle and spokeswoman Vikkie Calderon on Friday morning ahead of Southwest's official launch on Sunday. April 25. Southwest Airlines employees were busy...
Is ‘Southwest Effect’ Behind $33 Fare to Vegas? Airlines Offer Fresno Price Discounts.
Allegiant Airlines sent an email Tuesday with the title, "Forecast is low fares starting at $33." Those low fares are on their flights to Las Vegas and start around April 25. They appear on the airline's website through May 31. Southwest Airlines announced in late January that their Fresno customers...
Southwest’s Low Fresno Fares Could Put Pressure on Other Airlines, says Airport Director
Southwest Airlines customers will be able to fly on non-stop flights to both Las Vegas and Denver from Fresno beginning April 25, company officials announced Thursday. There will be 3 daily flights to Las Vegas, with one-way fares starting at $39. Southwest will also offer one daily flight to Denver, with...
What’s Next for Lee Brand, Who Quietly Made Fresno a Better City?
Lee Brand soon will exit politics and the Fresno mayoral chair as a man of his word, hoping that residents all over the city prosper, and riding the high of bringing Southwest Airlines here. Freed from the grind of leading California's fifth-largest city amid the tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Southwest Airlines Will Begin Fresno Service Next Year, Company Says.
Southwest Airlines plans to begin service to Fresno Yosemite International Airport in the second quarter of 2021, the company announced in a news release Wednesday morning. The announcement said the airline would also begin serving Santa Barbara Airport around the same time. “Our arrival in the Heart of California, both on...
Southwest Airlines Will Begin Service in Fresno Next Year, Company Says
Southwest Airlines plans to begin service to Fresno Yosemite International Airport in the second quarter of 2021, the company announced in a news release Wednesday morning. The announcement said the airline would also begin serving Santa Barbara Airport around the same time. “Our arrival in the Heart of California, both on...