CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports on the latest job cuts in the airline industry.
Southwest Airlines intends to cut 15% of its corporate workforce by the second quarter of 2025-end, as part of its cost-cutting initiative, aiming for $210 million in savings by 2025.
Southwest Airlines cut hundreds of corporate roles, including senior leadership and director positions, as it works to trim its overhead and become a leaner company.
Shares of Southwest Airlines (LUV) rose in premarket trading Tuesday after the carrier said it plans to cut 15% of its corporate workforce, eliminating about 1,750 jobs in the first large layoffs in its 53-year history.
Southwest Airlines says it seeks to cut costs and create a leaner company able to compete.
Southwest Airlines is cutting 15% of its corporate workforce, or 1,750 employees, the carrier said. They're the first major layoffs in Southwest's 53-year history and come amid profitability woes.
Southwest Airlines said on Monday it would cut about 15% of corporate jobs, or about 1,750 roles, as the U.S. budget carrier looks to reduce costs and streamline its organizational structure.
Southwest is cutting about 1,750 corporate jobs in race to cut costs.
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV ) Q4 2024 Results Conference Call January 30, 2025 12:30 PM ET Company Participants Julia Landrum - Vice President, Investor Relations Bob Jordan - President & CEO Andrew Watterson - Chief Operating Officer Ryan Green - Executive Vice President & Chief Transformation Officer Tammy Romo - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Whitney Eichinger - Chief Communications Officer Conference Call Participants Savi Syth - Raymond James Duane Pfennigwerth - Evercore ISI Mike Linenberg - Deutsche Bank Catherine O'Brien - Goldman Sachs Dan McKenzie - Seaport Global Mary Schlangenstein - Bloomberg News Robert Silk - Travel Weekly Operator Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Southwest Airlines Fourth Quarter 2024 Conference Call. I'm Gary, and I'll be moderating today's call, which is being recorded.
LUV's fourth-quarter 2024 revenues are aided by upbeat travel demand and benefits from its revenue management techniques.
Prominent U.S. airline Southwest Airlines (LUV 0.24%) reported mixed fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, Jan. 30. Adjusted EPS of $0.56 surpassed analyst consensus expectations of $0.46, showing a robust 21.7% outperformance.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Southwest (LUV) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.