The DOT is aiming to send a message to all airlines that it will go to court to enforce passenger protections.

The Transportation Department is stepping up enforcement of persistent flight delays with a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines and a fine against Frontier Airlines. The agency said the U.S. District ...

The agency is seeking civil penalties against Southwest Airlines, and also fined Frontier Airlines for its continuous delays.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Midway Airport was delayed for multiple hours after a pilot was arrested and charged with DUI at an airport in Georgia. Pilot David Paul ...

David Allsop, 52, was to pilot the Southwest Airlines flight to Chicago. A Southwest Airlines pilot has been arrested moments before the Chicago-bound flight was scheduled to take off in Georgia ...

Southwest Airlines is expanding to Europe — and sooner ... Chief Transformation Officer for Southwest. For now, flights will be leave the US via Baltimore’s BWI Airport, a major Southwest ...

The US Department of Transportation is flexing its muscles against airlines who operate chronically late flights.

with a total of 539 scheduled flights by the likes of IndiGo, Air India, China Southern, China Eastern, Air China and Shandong Airlines, data from aviation analytics firm Cirium shows. Chinese ...

Kevin Carter / Getty Images Southwest Airlines stock fell Thursday after the Department of Transportation sued the airline over a pair of "chronically delayed flights." The federal agency says ...

Two popular low-cost airlines are the latest to be held accountable by the U.S. government over chronically late flights.