Trump Administration Drops Southwest Scheduling Lawsuit
A ramp agents walks under the wing of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 airplane as it is pushed back from the gate for departure at Baltimore-Washington Airport (BWI) in Baltimore, Maryland.
Photographer: Angus Mordant/BloombergThe Trump administration dropped a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines Co. that accused the airline of setting unrealistic flight schedules that led to chronic delays.
In a one-sentence filing, the US Transportation Department requested the dismissal of the lawsuit late Friday without citing a reason. Agency officials didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.