Southwest posts record revenue despite holiday meltdown Following its holiday service collapse, Southwest Airlines ’ customers have finally started flying with them again, helping the airline Southwest posts record revenue first-quarter revenue. The airline reported that robust March bookings helped the quarter’s revenue jump 22% to $5.7 billion. That was higher than the findings from the previous year, which were still impacted by the spike in Covid cases brought on by the Omicron strain, as well as the $5.1 billion it recorded for the same period of 2019—the year prior to the pandemic. Due to the high demand, prices increased. During the quarter, customers paid 10% more per mile to fly on Southwest than they did a year prior and 12% more than they did during the same time period in 2019. Southwest posts record revenue despite holiday meltdown Service Issues Not all the news was good: Southwest posts record revenue Airlines reported a first-quarter loss, as the carrier had forew...