Airlines Join Banks in Dishing Out $1,000 Tax Bill Bonuses

  • Companies praise Trump, Congress, for cutting corporate taxes
  • Workers will get payouts in their checks this quarter
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Two U.S. airlines -- American and Southwest -- joined the tide of companies offering employees $1,000 bonuses to mark the tax overhaul Congress put in place for 2018.

American Airlines Group Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co. announced the bonuses after the close of business Tuesday. AAONBloomberg Terminal, U.S. BancorpBloomberg Terminal, Commerce Bancshares Inc.Bloomberg Terminal and Zions BancorporationBloomberg Terminal were among the companies touting similar moves.