Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it faces higher costs in 2025 as inflation persists, but it managed to swing to a fourth-quarter profit due to a boost from lower fuel prices.

Southwest Airlines confirmed the pilot had been removed from duty and apologized to customers whose travel plans were disrupted.

The airport will be closed until possibly 10 a.m. central time, impacting several flights at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Midway Airport was delayed for multiple hours after a pilot was arrested and charged with DUI at an airport in Georgia. Pilot David Paul ...

The pilot was later charged with driving under the influence, records from the local sheriff's office show.

Late deliveries of new aircraft from Boeing and Airbus, air traffic constraints and financial pressures have limited airlines' ability to expand flights, which has pushed fares higher. Spirit Airlines, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November, was the most dramatic case and has slashed its flights to cut costs.

Southwest Airlines pilot David Paul Allsorp, 52, of New Hampshire, was taken into custody at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) on Wednesday, January 15th, and booked into a local jail on charges of driving under the influence.

A Chicago man is facing felony charges after allegedly robbing and carjacking a 21-year-old at gunpoint on the city's Southwest Side.

A Southwest Airlines pilot was removed from the cockpit and arrested for drunkenness just before a flight from Georgia to Chicago, causing a four-hour delay.

Figure skaters and coaches returning from the national championships were aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday, the U.

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington is one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.