USDOT takes legal action against Southwest Airlines over ‘chronically postponed’ flights
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) is taking legal action against Southwest Airlines for "unlawfully running several chronically postponed flights and interfering with guests' travel," according to a news release.The USDOT's examination discovered that "Southwest ran 2 chronically postponed flights-- one in between Chicago Midway International Airport and Oakland, Calif, and another in between Baltimore, Md. and Cleveland, Ohio-- that led to 180 flight disturbances for guests in between April and August 2022," per the release. "Each flight was chronically postponed for 5 straight months."A flight is thought about chronically postponed if "it is flown at least 10 times a month and shows up more than 30 minutes late more than 50 percent of the time," the USDOT states."Sou...