The Ministry of Justice gives up the lawsuit against southwestern airlines due to chronic aviation delays

The Trump administration dropped a lawsuit against Southern West Airways On the delay of the alleged chronic flying.

In March, Reuters mentioned The Ministry of Justice, Donald Trump, was holding talks with the airline regarding the lawsuit, which started by the Ministry of Transport (DOT) during the time of President Joe Biden. According to the same report, SouthWest Airlines had until May 30 to respond to the lawsuit, but the Ministry of Justice moved to drop the case before that date.

A spokesman for the southwest told Fox Business.

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Point The lawsuit was filed in January in the last days of the Biden administration, accusing the airline “operating multiple flights illegally and disrupting passenger travel,” according to the DOT statement.

The spokesman for the southwest said that the two flights were at the heart of the administration’s suit, Biden Cofide -1 Chat, That provided difficulties.

“The two flights have fallen into their places years ago when the industry faced unprecedented challenges from the Covid-19 pandemic and was delayed due to issues outside the southwestern control in many cases. Since the epidemic, we have made great investments in our work, which were made to our customers in 2024 better in practical reliability in the south,“ Southwst Business was not.

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The two flights were the lawsuit that one focused on Chicago Midway and Oakland, California, and another between Baltimore and Cleveland. According to a statement issued by Biden Dot, 180 passengers were affected by turmoil between April and August 2022.

“Each flight was chronicly delayed for five consecutive months,” Biden Dot wrote. It also included a complaint that the airline was involved in “unfair, misleading and anti -competition practices” through its alleged use of inaccurate departure and access times.

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Then the Minister of Transport PETE Buttigieg confirmed in statement The need for airlines to ensure that they are provided with travelers with accurate flights and access times.

The Ministry of Transport now says that the lawsuit “should not have been submitted. The southwest has tackled the basic issues and Usdot will work with them fairly, not to prosecute them for political gains,” according to a statement of a DOT spokesman.

The Ministry of Justice refused to comment.