A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737.
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737.
  • Southwest cancelled thousands of flights in December, leaving passengers stranded over Christmas.
  • Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg gave the airline a deadline for refunds, but it came and went.
  • Southwest has said it is still working daily to process requests for refunds and reimbursements.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg gave Southwest Airlines a deadline to issue refunds to those who were impacted by the flight cancellation chaos over Christmas, but a month later some passengers said they were still waiting.