# Southwest Airlines slapped with $140M penalty over 2022 holiday meltdown

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/southwest-airlines-slapped-with-140m-penalty-over-2022-holiday-meltdown/
- Published: 2023-12-19T09:30:46-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image credit: AP. Article by Shannon Thaler, New York Post. Pop Culturely – December 18, 2023. Article first published in the New York Post. With Reuters. Southwest Airlines was slapped with a $140 million civil penalty after its 2022 holiday travel meltdown cancelled nearly 17,000 flights and stranded over 2 million passengers, the Department of Transportation announced. The fine — which the agency said is 30 times larger than any penalty the agency has previously […] Click here to view original web page at popculturely.com