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Southwest CEO seeks cost cuts with airline ‘living day to day’

Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co is “in intensive care,” its chief executive officer said, urging employees to keep cutting expenses wherever possible as the new coronavirus continues to erode travel. The US discounter is evaluating the $50 billion federal programme that will provide loans and cash payments to help carriers meet payroll and other employee costs. It’s premature to know “how ...

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Spirit Air halts flights to LaGuardia, Newark

Bloomberg Spirit Airlines Inc is temporarily suspending service at five airports in the US Northeast because of heightened government travel advisories aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus. The pause begin this week at New York’s LaGuardia and New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International, Spirit said in an email. The discounter is also halting service to Hartford, Connecticut, and two destinations ...

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All our choices are bad, but some are even worse

We’ve been here before. Unemployment is high and rising. Americans fear for the future. Politicians of both parties are unsure about what to do, though they’re quick to criticise the other party’s suggestions. Regardless of which way they turn, the choices seem dismal. Sound familiar? It’s not 2019 or 2020, and the subject is not the coronavirus. It’s late 1970s ...

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