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Southwest, American and Alaska were the latest airlines to express ca🌳ution about the rest of the year amid flagging demand for domestic flights.

Southwest Airlines (LUV) CEO Bob Jordan said Thursday the drop-off in business detected in February was one the most pronounced he has seen. “That is a very rapid fall-off," he said on CNBC. "It’s probably the most that I have seen absent COVID."

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“A lot of that is, I think, the consumer reaction to the tariffs," he said on CNBC:𝄹 "Some of that could be front-running the tariffs in terms of spending money in other locations. So it could snap back.”

American adjusted its full-year outlook, joining other carriers—including United (UAL) and Delta (DAL)—in making similar adjustments. (United recently 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:offered "bimodal" guidance that accounted for the possibility of a recession, while Delta 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:declined to affirm its projections for the year ahead.)

Southwest on Wednesday 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:pulled its annual targets for 2025 and 2026 and announced plans to "proactively" reduce capacity. Domestic travel is a bigger part of Southwest’s business than its competitℱors, it said in a press release.

Some Demand Is 'Sitting On the Sidelines'

American (AAL) 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:also withdre♏w its full-year guidance on Thursday. The company cited weak domestic sales, particularly in the main cabin and from third-party online travel sites—often used to comparison-shop—on an earnings conference call Thursday. (Executives estimate a fatal crash in January was responsible for $200 million of the $473 million loss last quarter, but they no longer aꦐnticipate it affecting sales.)

Those are “our most price-sensitive customers,” Chief Strategy Officer Stephen Johnson said, according to a transcript made available by AlphaSense. “We’d like to think that’s demand that’s not been lost, but demand that’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:on the sidelines waiting ♊to understand which direction the economy is goin𒅌g.” 

Alaska Air Group (ALK) declined to update its full-year forecast beyond the current quarter while releasing its first-quarter results Wednesday.

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