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

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

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

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, 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 ...

Southwest Airlines is undergoing significant changes ... with potential cost savings from ending fuel hedging and fleet modernization. Southwest’s underperformance caught the well-documented ...

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Southwest Airlines will begin charging passengers for ... revealing plans last year to ditch its open seating policy, while also announcing a new premium class section and red-eye flights.

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 ...

Southwest Airlines Co. will begin charging passengers for some checked ... revealing plans last year to ditch its open seating policy, while also announcing a new premium class section and red-eye ...