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• Southwest: Flyers can pay $40 to board first

  January 21, 2013 1:43 PM

  DALLAS (AP) - Want to board first on a Southwest Airlines flight? Now you can pay $40 for the privilege. Southwest Airlines will let people pay to be part of their first boarding group, group "A." The airline does not have assigned seating and lets passengers board in three groups,... more »

• Southwest accidentally charges some fliers multiple times

  August 5, 2012 7:39 PM

  Southwest Airlines says it has begun filing refunds to customers who were accidentally billed multiple times for a single flight, after a half-price online ticket promotion backfired. The special sale designed to celebrate Southwest's reaching the three million mark in Facebook fans was supposed to give customers who booked flights... more »

• Cyber mistakes leaving you vulnerable Play Video

  February 8, 2012 9:09 PM

  "Nothing has changed; the vulnerability still exists," says David Stites, a master's computer science student at UCCS. In January, Stites showed News 5 a security lapse he found on the iPhone mobile app for Southwest Airlines. He was able to pull login and password information out of the air... more »

• UCCS student points out phone security concerns Play Video

  January 16, 2012 7:07 PM

  How secure is your smart phone? A master's student, studying computer science at U.C.C.S., has uncovered some eye opening security issues on applications used on the iOS system - used in Apple products. David Stites says some apps may not be a secure as you'd like. Stites shows... more »

• Southwest Airlines could become top DIA carrier

  May 19, 2011 4:13 PM

  DENVER (AP) - An aviation consultant says Southwest Airlines could become Denver International Airport's largest carrier in a year or so as United Airlines juggles its fleet. Aviation consultant Michael Boyd said United has outsourced many flights to regional airline affiliates. According to The Denver Post, United and... more »

• NTSB: Southwest jet had pre-existing fatigue

  April 3, 2011 5:45 PM

  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - Federal investigators say the entire length of a 5-foot-long tear in the skin of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 shows evidence of pre-existing fatigue cracking. National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said Sunday that the rip in the jet that made an emergency landing... more »

• UPDATE: Passengers from diverted flight make new flight plans.

  March 13, 2011 3:14 PM

  Passengers from Southwest Airlines, flight number 1646 which was diverted to Colorado Springs following a declared emergency and landing are currently in the Colorado Springs Airport waiting to changes to their flight plans to make it to their connecting flights or final destinations. Southwest Airlines flight number 1646 was... more »

• Southwest Airlines 737 lands safely after declaring emergency.

  March 13, 2011 2:17 PM

  A Southwest Airline flight from Phoenix, AZ was diverted to the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport when the flight crew declared an emergency with smoke in the cockpit. The emergency was declared at 11:10am and the aircraft made a safe landing at 11:40am and was met by emergency crews. Once crews... more »

• Passenger jet makes emergency landing at Colorado Springs Airport

  March 13, 2011 1:28 PM

  Emergency response crews are responding to a declared emergency landing at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport. Airport emergency officials are saying that the flight crew on the Southwest Airlines, flight has reported smoke in the cockpit. The time of the call was at 11:10 am and the Boeing... more »

• Laser pointed at Colorado-bound jet cockpit

  October 15, 2010 12:36 PM

  The FAA says someone pointed a green laser light at a Southwest Airlines jet departing Sea-Tac Airport about 6:40 a.m. Friday. The plane was bound for Denver. Spokesman Mike Fergus says Flight 515 was about 7.5 miles southeast of the airport at an elevation of 7,500 feet when the... more »

• 3 kids buy plane tickets, fly alone

  August 13, 2010 8:48 AM

  Three Florida children bought tickets with baby-sitting money and flew to Nashville, Tennessee, on Southwest Airlines - unbeknownst to their parents. Bridget Brown, 15, had $700 saved and asked a 13-year-old friend where he wanted to go. The friend, Bobby Nolan III, suggested Nashville. Together with Brown's 11-year-old brother,... more »

• Airline passengers restrain unruly flyer

  July 6, 2010 3:45 PM

  An unruly passenger aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Salt Lake City forced the pilots to make an unscheduled landing in Denver. Southwest Airlines spokesman Chris Mainz said the pilots aboard Flight 3655 declared an emergency Monday night and landed at Denver International Airport. Other passengers... more »

• Southwest fined $200,000 for bumping passengers

  April 28, 2010 5:31 PM

  Southwest Airlines, which bumped more passengers than any U.S. carrier last year, has been fined $200,000 for violating rules on kicking passengers off oversold flights. The Transportation Department said it reviewed passenger complaints and found many cases of Southwest failing to promptly pay bumped passengers and give them written... more »

• FAA investigating Southwest Airlines repairs

  February 9, 2010 1:47 PM

  Federal officials are investigating Southwest Airlines over the way it handled structural repairs on dozens of jets, according to a person familiar with the situation. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Tuesday that it is investigating whether Southwest followed safety orders dealing with the maintenance of older planes. Inspectors... more »

• Southwest launches 3-day fare sale

  February 9, 2010 11:41 AM

  Southwest Airlines is offering a sale geared toward leisure travelers who want to make short trips this spring. Southwest said Tuesday it will sell tickets starting at $39 each way on some routes under 500 miles. As usual, the airline didn't say how many seats it will offer at... more »

• Winds ease, Phoenix flights back to normal

  January 22, 2010 9:18 AM

  Flights into and out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport have resumed as weather conditions improved. Flights at Sky Harbor were severely curtailed Thursday afternoon because of high winds from a winter storm that dumped heavy rain and deep snow on much of Arizona and California. But airport... more »

• Oh boy! Baby born in skies over Colorado

  December 4, 2009 2:58 PM

  A Southwest Airlines jet landed at Denver International Airport Friday morning with one more passenger than when it took off. A baby boy was born in the skies over Colorado, about 90 miles north of Denver. Passenger Brandon Morse said, "They announced on the PA and asked if anyone had... more »

• Denver-bound Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Tampa

  September 8, 2009 6:59 AM

  An airline spokesman says an indicator light that warned of possible smoke aboard a Denver-bound Southwest Airlines flight forced the pilot to make an emergency landing in Tampa, Fla. A Tampa International Airport spokeswoman says passengers were let out of the plane on emergency slides Monday afternoon. She says airport... more »

• Southwest Airlines will temporarily halt flights on three routes

  September 1, 2009 12:13 PM

  Southwest Airlines will temporarily halt flights on three routes early next year as it deals with a decline in air traffic and tries to bend its schedule to fit seasonal demand. The airline published a new schedule Tuesday that covers flights from next Jan. 9 to March 12. The airline... more »