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REPORTED · WARN NOTICE✓ VERIFIEDAdded Apr 13, 2026

Southwest Airlines Co. Layoff — June 2026

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGIllinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity· filed March 31, 2026View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
107
SHARE OF WORKFORCE
~0.1%
EFFECTIVE DATE
Jun 4, 2026
107 OF 73,463 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Chicago, IL (Cook County).

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on March 31, 2026.

Industry: Passenger Air Transportaton.

Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the IL state workforce agency.

Summary

Southwest Airlines Co. disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the IL state workforce agency on March 31, 2026. The notice covers 107 employees in Chicago, IL (Cook County), with the layoff effective June 4, 2026.

That is roughly 0.1% of the 73,463 people Southwest Airlines Co. employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 22 layoff events at Southwest Airlines Co. since April 2023, including 733 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 20 additional events known from news reporting.

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Southwest Airlines Co.LUV
Industrials · 73,463 employees
22
EVENTS TRACKED
733
JOBS IN WARN FILINGS
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CREATED APR 13, 2026LAST UPDATED AUG 28, 2026