Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co expects depressed travel amid the nationwide surge in coronavirus cases and typically weak seasonal demand to combine for a difficult start to 2021 for the industry. “January and February are bound to be really rough months — winter time, high case loads — and they are seasonally soft anyway,” Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly said in ...

Bloomberg Mexico’s biggest airline plans to use proceeds from a $173 million stock sale to pounce on struggling rivals as it rebounds from an unprecedented travel collapse. Volaris is restoring seating capacity this month to 100% of last year’s levels and targeting a return to profitability by the second quarter of 2021, said Chief Executive Officer Enrique Beltranena. The carrier ...

Bloomberg Walmart Inc says it’s preparing its more than 5,000 pharmacies across the US to receive Covid-19 vaccine doses, including adding freezers and dry ice to handle any cold-storage demands. The preparations underway at Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies also include creating processes to tell customers when to get their first and second doses and entering agreements with states about ...