Southwest Files lawsuit against flight search site Skiplagged

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Southwest Airlines has filed a lawsuit in Texas against online travel agency Skiplagged.com, claiming that the flight search site does not have permission to view its airfares.

According to Business Insider, it’s the second lawsuit filed by Southwest, which is also suing Kiwi.com.

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The airline said that both Skiplagged and Kiwi.com broke the terms of the Southwest website by showing ticket prices. Southwest said it allows online travel agents to sell tickets for their flights only with the airline’s permission.

In its most recent case, filed in the United States District Court last week, the airline said the two travel sites appeared to be working together. It said Skiplagged’s flight data came from Kiwi.com.

“Neither Skiplagged nor Kiwi are allowed to show Southwest fares or sell Southwest flights,” the airline’s lawyers wrote in the complaint.

Southwest did not respond to a request for comment. A Skiplagged attorney declined to comment.

A spokesperson for Kiwi.com told Insider: “We can’t comment on the latest cause itself, but what is emerging here is a sense of panic from the Southwest. Trying to hold back the freedom of choice gained through innovation. technology with aggressive legal action is sad situation from an airline that was itself a disruptor. “

Southwest had previously sent a letter of formal notice to Skiplagged regarding the problem. Skiplagged sent in a reply saying “Given these facts, I assume it is unnecessary to go into detail on the many wrong assumptions and claims in your letter. I trust that this resolves the matter.”

Clearly, it didn’t.

Skiplagged earlier this month filed a pre-emptive lawsuit in New York, her home state, asking a judge to decide if she broke Southwest’s terms.

By filing its new lawsuit in Texas, Southwest has moved to keep its legal battle against flight search engines in its home state. Southwest sued Kiwi.com in Texas earlier this year.

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