Author: Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY

The New York-based airline is trying to boost bookings in the slow period before and after Thanksgiving.

Pilots at American and Southwest airlines are being warned to keep vaccine mandate issues out of the cockpit due to potential flight safety concerns.

The rapidly growing Minneapolis-based budget airline caters to vacationers and travelers visiting friends and relatives.

Some travelers say Southwest’s vouchers aren’t enough. They want reimbursement for hotels, flights on other airlines and car rentals.

Southwest Airlines canceled 1 in 4 flights over the holiday weekend, but it wasn’t clear why. Here’s what its president and COO Mike Van de Ven said.

Airline travelers are only owed refunds, hotel and meal vouchers in certain cancellation circumstances.

Southwest has already canceled hundreds of Monday flights after canceling 30% of its Sunday flights and 24% on Saturday.

Southwest has canceled 28% of its Sunday flights after canceling 24% on Saturday.

The airline’s Hawaii sale is good for travel in early 2022.