What is wrong with your leadership? Isn’t time for a change and a new CEO,” one angry flier tweeted.Īnother flier wrote: “Sitting on the tarmac because has fumbled operations yet again. (Certificates, multi-city and upgrades) Bag rules and fees for optional services. “Once again sitting on a flight and being delayed. “The pause has been fully canceled.” Southwest Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide due to a technical glitch. The Federal Aviation Administration gave Southwest the green light to resume flights a short time later - though planes heading into Dallas Love Field Airport were still grounded.Īccording to the FlightAware flight tracking website, some 2,500 Southwest flights - which make up around 30% of its schedule - experienced delays Tuesday that the FAA pause the airline’s departures due to an internal technical issue at Southwest,” the FAA tweeted. “I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but we’ll be here for you if you need any assistance,” the company rep tweeted. “We have had to implement a ground stop as a result of intermittent issues that were experienced, and we should hopefully be resuming our operation as soon as possible,” a Southwest Airlines spokesperson tweeted in response to an angry customer who said they were “sitting in a plane waiting for computers to come back.” Southwest Airlines on Tuesday briefly grounded all its flights due to “technical errors” as angry passengers blasted the company for delays - a repeat of the disastrous meltdown suffered by the carrier during the Christmas holiday. Southwest passenger who tried to kiss flight attendant, take her to bathroom with him facing federal charges White mom sues major airline after being accused of trafficking black daughter on way to funeralĪirlines slash domestic flight prices as demand dwindles, overseas travel surges Judge orders Southwest lawyers to take ‘religious-liberty’ classes with conservative Christian legal group

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