System glitch causes ‘long lines’ for Southwest Airlines travelers at Las Vegas airport
A Southwest Airlines jet takes off at Harry Reid International Airport, on Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
FILE - A Southwest Airlines plane pull into a gate at Pittsburgh International Airport in Imperial, Pa., Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Updated May 20, 2025 - 8:01 pm
Harry Reid International Airport officials Tuesday evening warned Southwest Airlines customers of “long lines” caused by “system delays.”
At about 6:15 p.m., the airport posted about the delays on the social media platform X, asking customers to allow for extra time to check bags.
In a text message to the Las Vegas Review-Journal at about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, airport spokesperson Luke Nimmo said lines for Southwest passengers to check in were “long, but moving.”
Southwest spokesperson Laura Swift said in an email to the Review-Journal that a “brief internet outage” was to blame, but that the issue had been resolved as of about 7:15 p.m.
Contact Bryan Horwath at bhorwath@reviewjournal.com. Follow @BryanHorwath on X.
