(CNN) — The Trump administration has let Southwest Airlines off the hook for paying the remainder of a fine for the airline’s 2022 holiday travel meltdown – a service disruption that left more than 2 million passengers stranded.

An order by the Department of Transportation issued late Friday said Southwest would not have to pay the last $11 million installment of the $140 million fine leveled against the airline by the Biden administration in 2023.

Southwest’s historic, 10-day schedule meltdown, resulted in 17,000 canceled flights over the very end of 2022 and start of 2023. The cancellations made up nearly half of the airline’s flight schedule during the buzzing holiday season.

While the exact cause of the travel catastrophe is unclear, Southwest’s CEO, Bob Jordan, told employees th

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