DOJ drops Southwest Airlines’ flight scheduling lawsuit

Monday, 19 May, 2025 0

The US Justice Department has dropped legal action against Southwest Airlines over the airline’s unrealistic flight scheduling.

The lawsuit was filed during the end of the last administration alleging Southwest operated unrealistic schedules in 2022 resulting in heavily delayed flights disrupting passengers’; travel plans.

The suit was seeking civil penalties against the airline.

The Trump DOJ has now dropped the lawsuit.

The delayed flights it targeted were between Chicago Midway and Oakland, CA and from Baltimore to Cleveland.

“The two flights at issue occurred years ago when the industry faced unprecedented challenges from the Covid-19 pandemic and were delayed due to issues outside of Southwest’s control in numerous cases,” the airline claims.

Southwest was forced to set up a $90 million compensation fund to facilitate timely compensation and refunds following its network wide scheduling system meltdown during the Christmas holidays of 2022.

It cost the airline more than $1 billion including about $600 million to reimburse passengers.

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