After a Southwest Airlines software meltdown stranded two million customers over Christmas three years ago, the Department of Transportation imposed a $140 million fine. The Trump administration just let the airline off the hook for its remaining payments.

Ahead of the holiday season, the Trump administration just let Southwest Airlines off the hook for the remaining government payments of a record-setting $140 million fine brought by the Department of Transportation after the airline’s software meltdown stranded two million customers over Christmas three years ago.

Late on Friday evening, the Department of Transportation posted a notice relieving Southwest from making its final $11 million payment for “significantly improving its on-time performance,” according to the department. The ou

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