US government to review ‘unacceptable’ Southwest Airlines flight cancellations

The airline canceled about 8,000 flights when other airlines reported zero to 2% cancellation rates during a major winter storm
The US Department of Transportation will examine thousands of flight cancellations by Southwest Airlines over the holiday weekend, a massive disruption which left thousands of holiday travelers grounded.
While most major US carriers were hit by cancellations caused by a major winter storm, Southwest was particularly hard hit.