Daily Memo: Southwest Turns Another Page As It Ditches Fuel Hedging is published in Aviation Daily, an Aviation Week ...

The company, an outlier in the airline industry for its commitment to hedging, says the program got too costly.

Southwest Airlines has said it will drop its fuel hedging policy to further cut costs as the carrier makes a raft of changes ...

Southwest Airlines has undergone several major changes in the past twelve months. During this period, the carrier came under ...

Southwest Airlines also announced another move on March 11 which has potentially even greater ramifications for its bottom line – completely ending its fuel hedging program. The move illustrates ...

I did—but only originally because way back before I started writing about airlines so much, I included them in my investments, and I remembered the Southwest advantage from fuel hedging from ...

Southwest Airlines boosts competitiveness with product changes, red-eye flights, & increased fees. Click here to find out why ...

Southwest Airlines, already under fire for getting ... According to Inc., it involves a process known as "fuel hedging," which is the idea of having a financial team that figures out when to ...

(Bloomberg) -- Southwest Airlines Co. will end its long-held policy of hedging against swings in fuel prices, marking a pullback of one of the few remaining US carriers that are active in the oil ...

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Southwest Airlines lowered its forecast for first-quarter 2025 fuel costs, according to a filing ... The revised outlook also shows a 7ct/gal premium from hedging expenses. The SEC filing cites ...

Southwest Airlines is ditching practices that set it apart in the industry, such as free checked bags and open seating. In its finance function, it is getting rid of fuel hedging. Southwest ...