The Department of Transportation is suing the airline for what it characterized as months of "chronically delayed" flights — ...

The Department of Transportation is suing Southwest Airlines, accusing it of operating two “chronically delayed flights” in ...

In a statement to Chron, the Dallas-based airline said it is "disappointed" about the lawsuit regarding flights that happened more than two years ago. "Since DOT issued its Chronically Delayed ...

In the lawsuit, filed Jan. 15, the DOT accused Dallas-based Southwest (NYSE: LUV) of "illegally operating multiple chronically delayed flights" and harming customer's experiences. The DOT ...

The DOT said that its rules "provide airlines adequate time to fix their schedule after a flight becomes chronically delayed in order to avoid illegal unrealistic scheduling," but that Southwest ...

The DOT said that its rules "provide airlines adequate time to fix their schedule after a flight becomes chronically delayed ...

according to the DOT, but continued to operate chronically delayed flights between the other affected airports. The DOT is continuing to investigate other airlines for similar scheduling practices.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has penalized JetBlue airlines $2 million for operating routes with unrealistic ...

The DOT fined JetBlue $2 million for operating chronically delayed flights, marking the first crackdown against unrealistic ...

The lawsuit alleges Southwest failed to fix its schedule to avoid the delays. Under DOT rules, a flight is considered “chronically delayed” if it is flown at least 10 times a month and arrives ...

“Since DOT issued its Chronically Delayed Flight (CDF) policy in 2009, Southwest has operated more than 20 million flights with no other CDF violations. Any claim that these two flights ...