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title: "Southwest Airlines Layoffs 2025: Timeline (Latest: Feb 2025)"
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# Southwest Airlines Layoffs 2025: Timeline & Numbers

Latest announcement (Feb 19, 2025): Southwest Airlines is reported to be cutting about 15% of its payroll, described as its first mass layoff, affecting thousands of employees. The tracker lists 1 announcement for Southwest Airlines since 2025. Our coverage: [Southwest Airlines Cuts 15% of Workforce Amid Financial Challenges](/blog/southwest-airlines-workforce-cut)

Last updated Oct 2, 2026

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_From our coverage, Feb 19, 2025: [Southwest Airlines Cuts 15% of Workforce Amid Financial Challenges](/blog/southwest-airlines-workforce-cut)_

Southwest Airlines at a glance

**Announcements tracked**
: 1

**Jobs affected (reported)**
: Not stated

**Layoffs**
: 1

**Store closures**
: 0

**Return-to-office mandates**
: 0

Latest announcement Feb 19, 2025

## 2025

1 announcement

1. Feb 19Feb 19Layoff ### Announces layoffs Southwest Airlines is reported to be cutting about 15% of its payroll, described as its first mass layoff, affecting thousands of employees. - Our coverage:[Southwest Airlines Cuts 15% of Workforce Amid Financial Challenges](/blog/southwest-airlines-workforce-cut)![](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:640:480/q:80/plain/images/southwestairlines.png)

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Every published announcement, all years, one row per event. Column names are stable, and jobs affected are blank where no source states a number.

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