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 ...

Sometimes, you build something, and it becomes a big advantage. Then the world around you changes, and something kind of sad ...

For now, Southwest's nixing of its fuel hedging program tunes out the risk of a preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear ...

Southwest Airlines, already under fire for ... 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 buy future ...

Advertising The airline now says non-fuel costs on a seat-mile basis will rise 6% from a year ago compared with its earlier outlook for up to a 9% increase. Southwest will also accelerate to July ...

The airline has been moving away from its historic one-size-fits-all business model, revealing plans last year to ditch ... Southwest now sees unit revenue up 2% to 4% this quarter, down from a prior ...