Southwest Suffers Technology Problem for Second Straight Day

Southwest Suffers Technology Problem for Second Straight Day
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the Greater Los Angeles Area on April 10, 2017. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
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DALLAS—Southwest Airlines said it was working Tuesday to restore normal operations after a technology-related issue interfered with flights for the second straight day.

By midafternoon, the nation’s fourth-largest airline had canceled about 500 flights and delayed nearly 1,300 others, according to tracking service FlightAware. The combination of cancellations and delays affected about half of Southwest’s planned flights for the day.