Southwest suffers second quarterly loss, plans 'unprecedented' 2009 capacity cut

Southwest Airlines followed up its first quarterly loss in 17 years with another in the fourth quarter of 2008, but it maintained its record of full-year profitability with a $178 million surplus that represented a 72.4% plunge from the $645 million earned in 2007. Notwithstanding that result, the...

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