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Buttigieg demands Southwest compensate customers for ‘system failure’ after another 2,500 cancellations

By Brady Knox
Published December 28, 2022 5:42pm ET
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Buttigieg demands Southwest compensate customers for ‘system failure’ after another 2,500 cancellations
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is demanding that Southwest Airlines compensate customers for its “system failure,” as the airline canceled another 2,500 flights. Southwest canceled 2,508 flights on Wednesday, or 62% of all its flights, according to Flight Aware, with another 144 delayed. Buttigieg stepped up his condemnations of the airline in response, demanding that they […]

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is demanding that Southwest Airlines compensate customers for its “system failure,” as the airline canceled another 2,500 flights.

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