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Department of Transportation sues Southwest for ‘chronically delayed flights’

The Department of Transportation has sued Southwest Airlines, alleging the carrier operated chronically delayed flights.

The Department of Transportation on Wednesday sued Southwest Airlines, alleging the carrier operated chronically delayed flights, and fined Frontier Airlines for late-arriving flights. The DOT said that Southwest's flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Oakland, Calif. and from Baltimore to Cleveland arrived late nearly 200 times between April and August 2022. The suit alleges Southwest Airlines repeatedly operated late-arriving flights in 2022.

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