Southwest Airlines promised better performance after meltdown. Has it delivered?

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Southwest Airlines promised better performance after meltdown. Has it delivered?
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Here's how Southwest Airlines performed for the first half of 2023, after the December meltdown.

For the first six months of the year, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking data firm, Southwest had 709,073 flights in the U.S. and international flights in and out of the country scheduled, but it canceled 8,696 of those flights, or just 1.2%., which operated 569,714 flights for the first half of 2023, canceling 5,552 flights, or 1.2%. Delta Air Lines canceled 1.4% of the carrier’s flights for the first half of the year and United Airlines canceled 2% of its flights.

“This solid operating performance has continued into July, where we have been able to minimize cancellations amid continued weather challenges throughout the network.”, and Southwest is working to change schedules and routes, get more planes from Boeing and staff to better reflect the changing environment.

. In the days after the initial weather event, Southwest had to shut down most of its network to reset, putting out more than 2 million passengers during the key holiday travel period.focused on improving winter operations, accelerating operational investments and cross-team collaborations.

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