{"id":905877,"date":"2021-10-21T12:58:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T16:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=905877"},"modified":"2021-10-21T12:58:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T16:58:55","slug":"southwest-to-cut-more-flights-lost-almost-75-million-during-last-round-of-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southwest-to-cut-more-flights-lost-almost-75-million-during-last-round-of-cancellation\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest To Cut More Flights, Lost Almost $75 Million During Last Round Of Cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouthwest-to-cut-more-flights-lost-almost-75-million-during-last-round-of-cancellation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=905877&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Southwest Airlines announced Thursday that it would adjust its December flight schedule to adjust for ongoing labor shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest canceled over 2,000 flights on Oct. 10 and 11, costing the company over $75 million, according to Southwest\u2019s Q3 earnings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwestairlinesinvestorrelations.com\/news-and-events\/news-releases\/2021\/10-21-2021-114520553\">report<\/a>. &nbsp;The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/10\/southwest-airlines-cancels-flights-weekend-weather\/\">airline<\/a> attributed the canceled flights to weather and air traffic control issues but later admitted to experiencing a labor shortage, The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/southwest-airlines-to-cut-flights-amid-staffing-shortages-11634820103?mod=business_lead_pos6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The airline expects to cut its Q4 flight schedule by 8% from 2019, compared to a 5% reduction the company initially planned for, according to the WSJ. The company also expects a decline in staffing compared to its historical average, according to its Q3 earnings report.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.332236842105\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Good news:<\/p>\n<p>Southwest Airlines Scraps Plan To Force Unvaccinated Workers Into Unpaid Leave.<\/p>\n<p>More businesses are realizing vaccine mandates are wrong.<\/p>\n<p>My ban on vaccine mandates gives cover to these employers and empowers employees. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tPhscxIgRh\">https:\/\/t.co\/tPhscxIgRh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1450531908417372164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The company experienced a noteworthy drop in demand in 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions, the WSJ reported. Despite the spread of the delta variant across the country, airlines have recently seen a significant increase in overall demand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile there are lingering effects from the summer Covid-19 surge and recent operational challenges, we are encouraged with renewed momentum in leisure and business traffic, revenues, and bookings\u2014especially over the holidays,\u201d Southwest said in its Q3 earnings report.<\/p>\n<p>Airlines are still grappling with the current surge in fuel prices and labor shortages, according to the WSJ. Southwest said it is expecting a loss in Q4 due to inflation and airport costs.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Airlines announced Thursday that it would adjust its December flight schedule to adjust for ongoing labor shortages.Southwest canceled over 2,000 flights on Oct. 10 and 11, costing the company &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-905877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}