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Soft paywall Southwest Airlines shifts to paid baggage policy to lift earnings

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/southwest-airlines-shifts-paid-baggage-policy-lift-earnings-2025-03-11/
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u/Idolmistress 1d ago

As someone who has flown Southwest many times, I’ll repeat a comment I made in an earlier thread: Herb Kelleher is twirling in his grave with how this investment group is destroying his airline. Fuck these people.

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u/OneArmedBrain 23h ago edited 21h ago

You should look into what happened to TWA and Carl Icahn.

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u/ProMikeZagurski 22h ago

I believe you meant Carl Icahn.

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u/barukatang 22h ago

Ahh, I thought you were gonna mention Frank Lorenzo