Southwest Air pulls out of four airports in growth slowdown

Southwest Airlines Co. is slowing growth, ending service at four airports and offering voluntary leaves to address “significant challenges” stemming from reduced deliveries of Boeing Co. planes.

Southwest is now set to get 20 Boeing 737 Max 8 planes in 2024, down from 46 previously, the airline said in a statement Thursday that also included worse-than-expected quarterly results. It’s the third such reduction by the planemaker since January.