Southwest Airlines Flight Cancellations Mount as Summer Begins

Motley Fool2021-07-05

Southwest Airlines(NYSE:LUV)has a flight cancellation problem. As air travel demand has come roaring back in 2021, thelow-fare airlinegiant has rapidly ramped up flight volumes. However, it has ...

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cgjy
2021-07-06
cgjy
[Surprised] [Grin]
cgjy
2021-07-06
cgjy
[Surprised]
ValuInvestor
2021-07-05
ValuInvestor
Overwhelmed!
BlueDaisy
2021-07-05
BlueDaisy
They are not ready
Alfred1007
2021-07-05
Alfred1007
Management should do something to this..or else they will lose customer if lose faith in them.
YJ20210401
2021-07-05
YJ20210401
Hehe

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