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After experiencing computer issues and subsequent flight cancellations for several days, Southwest Airlines offers customers another reason to book a flight.
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On Tuesday, the major US carrier offered “50% off base fares for 50 days of travel in the fall,” which will only last 48 hours. Customers can use the time-limited discount to book a flight next fall through June 17.
Southwest Chairman and CEO Gary Kelly said in April that his airline has seen a steady improvement in US leisure travel sales since mid-February. A sale might be one way to help keep this momentum going, especially to attract travelers after the busy summer season is over.
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Last week, the airline also announced that it is offering travel to new cities and additional flights to travel throughout the holiday season as the world returns to pre-pandemic periods and airlines try to recover after a year of losses.
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However, the problems of Southwest, which suffered two days of technological problems that led to a large number of cancellations, did not go away.
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By Tuesday afternoon, the country’s fourth-largest airline had canceled about 500 flights and postponed nearly 1,300 more, according to tracking service FlightAware. Cancellations and delays affected about half of Southwest flights planned for the day.
An agency spokeswoman said the FAA suspended all departures in the Southwest for 45 minutes while the airline was working to fix a computer problem.
On Monday night, problems with a third-party weather data provider caused Southwest to delay about 1,500 flights.
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The airline confirmed to FOX Business that “the technology issues from Tuesday have been resolved.”
A spokesperson for the airline said, however, that the airline “continues to encounter a small number of cancellations and delays” across its network and is still “working to resume normal operations.”
The airline is urging customers to check the status of their flights online or with an agent before they travel on Wednesday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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