Tag: Southwest Airlines
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Southwest Airlines cancellation woes last another day Thursday going into holiday weekend
Denver continued to be a the top of the list for Southwest Airlines cancellations with around 300 into and out of Denver International Airport Thursday. In a Thursday news release which expressed “our deepest apologies,” the company is promising that the backlog will lift by the holiday weekend. In an email, the troubled company said…
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Millions of Southwest passengers experience historic holiday travel debacle
It’s being dubbed the Southwest Airlines 2022 Holiday Meltdown, and it’s on track to be the worst travel debacle in that industry’s history. The fallout promises to be astronomical, costing the company hundreds of millions of dollars and its reputation — now being known as the airline that left millions of chairs sitting empty at the…
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Holiday travel nightmare is not over, USDOT calls Southwest cancellations ‘unacceptable’
Larry Meier had planned to fly from Denver to Oakland on Christmas to visit family. With a carry-on full of gifts for his nieces and nephews, Meier said he got to the airport on Sunday to find out his 1:30 p.m. Southwest flight was delayed due to lack of personnel. Southwest told travelers the flight…
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Southwest struggles at DIA continue into Monday
Travel woes continued at Denver International Airport (DIA) Monday, with Southwest Airlines at the center of the troubles, according to Denver Gazette news partners 9News. Of the 350 canceled and 313 delayed flights at DIA as of 11:45 a.m. Monday, 310 of the canceled flights and 112 of the delayed flights were Southwest, according to…
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Avalanche: Brave new home for Avs anthem singer Amanda Hawkins
Soulful singer is stepping up to the mic after 25 years of Jake Schroeder’s patriotic battle cry
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Southwest Airlines files lawsuit against Colorado after being fined $1.3M in labor law violations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Southwest Airlines is suing Colorado after the state ordered the company to pay $1.3 million in fines for violating the state’s labor laws relating to sick leave during the pandemic. A March 18 citation from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment says Southwest Airlines…
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Free roller skating rink opens in downtown Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Downtown Denver visitors can now strap on skates and take advantage of the free City Skate area at Skyline Park, off 16th and Arapahoe streets, the Downtown Denver Partnership announced Wednesday. Though there’s been ice skating there in the winter months (except for during the…
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Hotel building boom underway in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of the Colorado Springs area’s biggest waves of hotel construction in the last quarter century will add three-dozen new properties and more than 4,100 rooms over the next two years, including a high-profile downtown hotel set to open this week. A healthy economy and…
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Southwest Airlines opens 16 gates at Denver International Airport
Denver International Airport will have 16 new Southwest Airlines gates up and running at Concourse C-East by the end of May or early June. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, airport CEO Phil Washington and other project leaders gathered to cut the ribbon on the finished expansion Thursday. The expansion, which totals 530,000 square feet, is the…
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Colorado Springs hotels rebound, but not quite to pre-COVID level
Colorado Springs hotels saw solid occupancy in March, but the occupancy rate was shy of pre-pandemic levels. The 64.5% occupancy rate in March was a big improvement from the 54.9% level reached in March 2021, and was the third-highest level for that month in 21 years, according to the Rocky Mountain Lodging Report. Last month’s occupancy…