News about Robert Jordan

Southwest Airlines is looking at changing its open seating policy - in a bid to boost profits.  CEO Bob Jordan announced plans to revamp the airline's boarding and seating procedures as part of efforts to bolster its financial health. The airline revealed last week it lost $231 million over the first three months of 2024.

According to new reports, travelers returning home for the holidays will finally have some relief from ultra-expensive airfares this year. According to travel app Hopper, the cost of a domestic flight this Thanksgiving is $248, down 9 percent on the previous year and ten percent from 2019. On average, Americans are paying $313 for a domestic flight, down 18 percent from last year and 15 percent below 2019 prices. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics' inflation data, which was released today, showed a similar pattern. According to the survey, airfare prices dropped by 13.2 percent between October 2022 and October 2023.

Amazon's Wheel Of Time, a series of books by American author Robert Jordan, is back for a second season after its 2021 debut. On July 18, the series' trailer was revealed, and fans are raving over what might have been revealed about the forthcoming episodes. With magic, mystery, and epic battles, the first series was likened to Game Of Thrones and Lord Of The Rings.

On Tuesday, Southwest Airlines took another hit after technical difficulties caused the company to temporarily grounded all flights around the country, resulting in more than 2,400 delayed flights. The hold on departures backed up traffic at Denver to New York City, just four months after Southwest experienced a much-needed meltdown as a result of the holiday travel season. The carrier attributed the disruption on Tuesday's failure to 'data connection issues resulting from a firewall failure,' adding: 'Early this morning, a vendor-supplied firewall went offline, and connection to some operational information was unexpectedly lost.'

After missing her wedding day and spending more than $70,000 on New Year's Eve alone due to a cancelled Southwest flight, a bride-to-be has informed her of her 'devastation.' Katie Demko, 46, of St Louis, was supposed to attend her fiancé Michael in Belize on December 30 for a destination wedding. However, after arriving at the airport last Tuesday with family and friends, she learned that her flight had been cancelled because there weren't enough flight attendants on call, and there was no way to get another outbound.