Southwest Airlines (LUV)

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Southwest Airlines falls after wave of cancellations extends to third day
Oct. 11, 2021

By: Clark Schultz, SA News Editor

Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) is lower in early trading after a third straight day of an elevated level of cancellations.

The carrier has canceled 349 flights and delayed another 184 today as of 7:00 a.m. ET after drawing national attention over the weekend by canceling more than 2,000 flights. Today's level of cancelations for Southwest (LUV) is markedly higher than those seen by U.S. peers.

Southwest's pilots' union confirmed that the cancellations were not part of a planned labor walkout.

Southwest Airlines' (LUV) Twitter account has been silent on the topic for more 36 hours.

Shares of LUV are down 1.89% premarket to $52.48.

Southwest (LUV) is due to report earnings later this month. The carrier has topped profit expectations in ten of the last twelve quarters.