Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Honor Flight could be grounded without help

  March 22, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Tony Lamanna, Inland Northwest Honor Flight’s director, greeted the guests at the Pearl Harbor event at Spokane Falls Community College with grim news. The future of the program is in …

• Southwest orders 208 Boeing 737s for $19 billion

  December 13, 2011 in Business, Nation/World Southwest Airlines Co. said today that it ordered 208 new Boeing 737 aircraft with a value of nearly $19 billion.

• Southwest to abandon Seattle-Spokane route

  July 27, 2011 in Business on Page A1 Southwest Airlines will discontinue direct flights between Spokane and Seattle in January, reducing passenger choices in getting to the West Coast air corridor. The announcement is part of a cost-cutting … 19

• Southwest Airlines to end Spokane-Seattle flights

  July 26, 2011 in Business, City Southwest Airlines has announced it is trimming four flights each day between Seattle and Spokane starting Jan. 8, reducing passenger choices in getting to the West Coast air corridor. 15

• Southwest finds cracks in more planes

  April 5, 2011 in Nation/World Southwest Airlines Co. said today it finished inspecting 79 older planes and found that five of them have cracks in the aluminum skin. 1

• No Spokane cancellations from Southwest incident

  April 3, 2011 in City on Page A6 None of the 79 airplanes Southwest Airlines pulled from service Saturday flew routes to or from Spokane, said Spokane International Airport spokesman Todd Woodard. Still, passengers in Spokane were experiencing … 1

• Incident grounds Southwest flights

  April 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – Southwest Airlines grounded 79 of its Boeing 737-300 aircraft Saturday after a harrowing incident in which a hole tore open in the fuselage of a 15-year-old plane … 3

• N. Idaho lawmakers lament loss of flight to Boise

  March 23, 2011 in Business on Page A7 Southwest Airlines won’t be getting happy passenger testimonials from 15 North Idaho legislators. Those 15 senators and representatives’ change in travel arrangements, set in motion by Southwest’s recent elimination of …

• Southwest Airlines to buy AirTran for $1.4 billion

  September 27, 2010 in Business, Nation/World Southwest Airlines said today it will buy AirTran for about $1.42 billion. The move will put Southwest in head-to-head competition with Delta Air Lines in Delta’s home base of Atlanta.

• Southwest canceling more flights this morning

  April 6, 2010 in City Southwest Airlines canceled five flights into and out of Spokane this morning after visibility conditions dropped for use of the cross-wind runway at Spokane International Airport. 3

• Flights canceled by work, weather

  April 6, 2010 in City on Page A6 A combination of snow and runway construction Monday forced Southwest Airlines to cancel six flights into and out of Spokane International Airport because its pilots lack certification to land on …

• Combined factors lead Southwest to cancel flights

  April 5, 2010 in City Six Southwest Airlines flights into and out of Spokane International Airport this morning were canceled after a combination of poor visibility and construction forced the airline to not land in … 1

• Business in brief: Southwest adds flight to Denver

  September 11, 2009 in Business on Page A8 Southwest Airlines will add a nonstop flight from Spokane to Denver starting Jan. 10, the airline announced Thursday. Tickets for that flight go on sale today, a company press release …

• FAA settles with Southwest Airlines

  March 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Southwest Airlines will pay a fine of $7.5 million for flying planes that had missed critical safety checks – $2.7 million less than government regulators initially ordered. The agreement announced …