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Southwest, JetBlue Offer Fare Sales
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines Co. announced a sale Tuesday, the latest effort to fill seats during the slow winter season, and JetBlue offered deals on expanded service between Southern California...
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Passengers Of Damaged Southwest Flight Arrive In Sacramento
PHOENIX (AP) — One passenger said it was a “real quick blast, like a gun.” Another called it “pandemonium.” Still another described watching a flight attendant and another passenger pass out, their...
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More Flight Cancellations As Southwest Checks Planes
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Three more Southwest Airlines jetliners have small, subsurface cracks that are similar to the ones suspected in the fuselage tear on another of its planes. Federal aviation...
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New Southwest Mechanical Problem Turns Back Oakland Flight
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland, Calif., to Denver returned shortly after takeoff on Tuesday when a wing slat warning light made the pilot decide it was safer to turn...
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Boeing CEO Says Poor Work Caused Hole In Sacramento-Bound Southwest Jet
(AP) The CEO of Boeing Co. says a “workmanship issue” and not poor design led to a hole ripping open in a plane that the company built for Southwest Airlines Co. CEO Jim McNerney said Wednesday...
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Feds Probe Possible Arabic-Type Markings On Southwest Jets
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Federal agencies were working with Southwest Airlines on Thursday to determine who has been vandalizing their aircraft with mysterious markings. CBS radio invstigative reporter...
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Bomb Threat Halts Two Southwest Airlines Flights
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two Southwest Airlines flights with ties to Phoenix and Orange County’s John Wayne Airport were grounded following a threatening phone call. Both planes were...
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Odor Forces Flight Back To Oakland Airport
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a Southwest Airlines plane returned to Oakland International Airport just after takeoff after a smell was reported in the cabin and a flight attendant felt sick....
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Bullet Found On Southwest Plane At Sacramento International Airport
SACRAMENTO (CBS13/AP) – Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies searched a Southwest plane at Sacramento International airport Wednesday morning after a flight attendant found a bullet on board. Southwest...
View ArticleCal Coach Asked To Prove Bi-Racial Infant Was Her Son
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — California Women’s head basketball Lindsay Gottlieb was confronted at the Denver airport by a Southwest Airlines employee who questioned her relationship to her infant bi-racial son...
View ArticleSouthwest Temporarily Ends Nonstop Service Between Sacramento And New Orleans
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Southwest Airlines is pausing its weekly nonstop service between Sacramento and New Orleans. The airline says it will discontinue the flights by mid-August. The nonstop service...
View ArticleNational Peanut Board Criticizes Southwest Airlines For Ditching Peanuts
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The National Peanut Board said it’s disappointed in Southwest Airlines’ decision to stop serving peanuts on flights due to passengers with peanut allergies. The board called the...
View ArticleSouthwest Changes Emotional Support And Service Animal Policies
DALLAS (CBS13) – Southwest Airlines is making changes to its emotional support and trained service animal policies. Starting September 17, 2018, Southwest will only allow trained service dogs, cats,...
View ArticleWoman With Down Syndrome Lives Dream To Be Flight Attendant On Southwest
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Roseville woman’s dreams have taken flight. Tracy Sharp lives with Down Syndrome. She always wanted to be a flight attendant, and on Friday she became one. Southwest Airlines...
View ArticleSouthwest Looking For Instagram Influencers To Take 24 Free Flights And...
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Your Instagram Stories obsession could score you 12 free round trips on Southwest Airlines- as long as you’ve got at least 2,500 Insta followers. Southwest is looking for...
View ArticleSouthwest Airlines In ‘Operational Emergency’
CHICAGO (CBS13) — New documents obtained by CBS News show the situation at Southwest Airlines is worse than previously known. At different times throughout the last week, more than 60 Southwest 737s...
View ArticleSouthwest Moves Sacramento To Hawaii Launch Up To November, Not January
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Southwest’s new nonstop flights from Sacramento to Honolulu will start November 10, 2019, two months early! The airline made the announcement Thursday morning saying, “demand is...
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