At Southwest Airlines, a Day of Calm After a Week of Chaos

At Southwest Airlines, a Day of Calm After a Week of Chaos
A Southwest Airlines ground operations crew member waits to guide an arriving jet into a gate at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix on Dec. 28, 2022. Matt York/AP Photo
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DALLAS—Southwest Airlines returned to a relatively normal flight schedule Friday, as the focus shifts to making things right with what could be well more than a million passengers who missed family connections or flights home during the holidays, and many of whom are still missing luggage.

The Dallas carrier, which had canceled thousands of flights every day this week after a winter storm last weekend, reported 43 cancellations Friday. While that was still more than United, American, and Delta combined, it’s progress following one of the most chaotic weeks in aviation history for a single airline.

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