{"id":59990,"date":"2025-12-07T22:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T22:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fine-against-southwest-airlines-for-2022-winter-storm-cancellations-waived-by-department-of-transportation\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T22:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T22:37:24","slug":"fine-against-southwest-airlines-for-2022-winter-storm-cancellations-waived-by-department-of-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fine-against-southwest-airlines-for-2022-winter-storm-cancellations-waived-by-department-of-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine against Southwest Airlines for 2022 winter storm cancellations waived by Department of Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation is waiving part of a fine assessed against <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/southwest-airlines-140-million-settlement-feds-december-2022-debacle\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Southwest Airlines<\/a><\/span> after the company canceled thousands of flights during a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/southwest-airlines-federal-investigation-holiday-debacle-stranded-millions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">winter storm in 2022<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Under a 2023 settlement reached by the Biden administration, Southwest agreed to a $140 million civil penalty. The government said at the time that the penalty was the largest it had ever imposed on an airline for violating consumer protection laws.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the money went toward compensation for travelers. But Southwest agreed to pay $35 million to the U.S. Treasury. Southwest made a $12 million payment in 2024 and a second $12 million payment earlier this year. But the Transportation Department issued an order Friday waiving the final $11 million payment, which was due Jan. 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The department said Southwest should get credit for significantly improving its on-time performance and investing in network operations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DOT believes that this approach is in the public interest as it incentivizes airlines to invest in improving their operations and resiliency, which benefits consumers directly,&#8221; the department said in a statement. &#8220;This credit structure allows for the benefits of the airline&#8217;s investment to be realized by the public, rather than resulting in a government monetary penalty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The fine stemmed from a winter storm in December 2022 that paralyzed Southwest&#8217;s operations in Denver and Chicago and then snowballed when a crew-rescheduling system couldn&#8217;t keep up with the chaos. Ultimately the airline canceled 17,000 flights and stranded more than 2 million travelers.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration determined that Southwest had violated the law by failing to help customers who were <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/southwest-airlines-federal-investigation-holiday-debacle-stranded-millions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">stranded in airports and hotels<\/a><\/span>, leaving many of them to scramble for other flights. Many who called the airline&#8217;s overwhelmed customer service center got busy signals or were stuck on hold for hours.<\/p>\n<p>Even before the settlement, the nation&#8217;s fourth-biggest airline by revenue said the meltdown cost it more than $1.1 billion in refunds and reimbursements, extra costs and lost ticket sales over several months.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     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