CommercialSouthwest 737 MAX Makes Immediate Emergency Landing The global grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX hasn't ended the airplane's woes, as a MAX 8 flying without passengers for Southwest Airlines on March 26 had to make an emergency landing…
CommercialSouthwest Airlines April Traffic Slightly Down After Mid-Month Tragedy Southwest Airlines Co. reported its April and year-to-date 2018 preliminary traffic statistics. The company flew 11.2 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in April 2018, a slight decrease from the 11.2 billion RPMs flown in…
CommercialFlight 1380 Tragedy Can't Crash Southwest's Q1 Profits Southwest Airlines today reported its first quarter 2018 results: Net income of $463 million, net margin of 9.4% and record first quarter earnings per diluted share of $0.79 Operating income of $616 million…
CommercialSouthwest COO Talks Predictive Maintenance in Wake of 1380 at AMC/AEEC 2018 Southwest Airlines COO Mike Van de Ven has witnessed many events in the commercial airline industry, including tragedy in the form of the recent Southwest Flight 1380, in which an engine malfunction led to…
CommercialSouthwest 1380: Fatal Flight Under Investigation After Engine Loss On a given day, Boeing 737-family aircraft take flight thousands of times. Of those planes, 706 are members of the Southwest Airlines fleet. While most go without complication, Tuesday’s Southwest Flight 1380…