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00:50PAXNo-Frills No More: Southwest Airlines Is Building Its First-Ever Airport LoungesJUST IN00:50AIRRyanair Just Bet That $140 Oil Will Kill Its Rivals This WinterUPDATED00:50SAFThe A320 Recall Isn't Over: EASA's New Order Rewrites the Fix for a Solar-Radiation Cockpit ScareNEW00:50APTAmerican's Second-Biggest Hub Just Got a $1 Billion Sequel — Before the First Act Even EndsNEW
No-Frills No More: Southwest Airlines Is Building Its First-Ever Airport Lounges
Southwest Airlines, the carrier built on open seating and no assigned classes, is opening its first airport lounges in Austin, Baltimore, Honolulu and Nashville — tied to a new Chase-issued credit card modeled on Chase Sapphire lounges.
Rajkumar Agarwal · 3 September 2026
Airlines
Ryanair Just Bet That $140 Oil Will Kill Its Rivals This Winter
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The A320 Recall Isn't Over: EASA's New Order Rewrites the Fix for a Solar-Radiation Cockpit Scare
Airports & Infrastructure
American's Second-Biggest Hub Just Got a $1 Billion Sequel — Before the First Act Even Ends
No-Frills No More: Southwest Airlines Is Building Its First-Ever Airport Lounges
Southwest Airlines, the carrier built on open seating and no assigned classes, is opening its first airport lounges in Austin, Baltimore, Honolulu and Nashville — tied to a new Chase-issued credit card modeled on Chase Sapphire lounges.
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31 August 2026