Trump Administration Drops Southwest Scheduling Lawsuit

The Trump administration dropped a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines Co. that accused the airline of setting unrealistic flight schedules that led to chronic delays.

In a one-sentence filing, the US Transportation Department requested the dismissal of the lawsuit late Friday without citing a reason. Agency officials didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The lawsuit, filed in January by the Biden administration in an effort to curb flight delays, overbooking and other problems that strand passengers in terminals, accused Southwest of operating two chronically delayed flights — one between Chicago Midway International Airport and Oakland, California, and another between ...