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Southwest Airlines is cutting its full-year profit forecast as fuel costs climb

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The airline's fuel cost reached $3.92 a gallon in the third quarter, up 63.3% from a year earlier, as revenue rose 21.2%

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  1. Bloomberg

    Southwest Cuts Outlook as High Fuel Costs Batter US Airlines (opens Bloomberg)

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    Southwest Airlines Co. cut its guidance for the full year, as soaring jet fuel costs squeeze profits across the US airline industry.

  2. Quartz

    Southwest Airlines is cutting its full-year profit forecast as fuel costs climb (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    The airline's fuel cost reached $3.92 a gallon in the third quarter, up 63.3% from a year earlier, as revenue rose 21.2%

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