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Southwest expects to end this year with 2,000 fewer employees than it had at the start of the year.

It's been a horrible year for plane maker Boeing. But Boeing's troubles are quickly becoming troubles for its major customers, which in the United States include United Airlines and Southwest Airlines.

Southwest Airlines Co.'s stock LUV, -0.54% tumbled 7.8% early Thursday, after the airline posted a wider-than-expected first-quarter loss and revenue that lagged estimates. The company had a net loss of $231 million, or 39 cents a share, for the quarter, wider than the loss of $159 million, or 27 cents a share, posted in the year-earlier period.

Southwest Airlines is one of Boeing's biggest customers and flies only 737s.

Southwest Airlines said on Thursday it anticipates less than half of the new aircraft deliveries it had previously expected from Boeing in 2024 and will take measures to tighten costs, such as voluntary time off programs, as a buffer.

DALLAS — Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines have ratified a contract that includes pay raises totaling more than 33% over four years, as airline workers continue to benefit from the industry's recovery since the pandemic.

The carrier's earnings may be dominated by any update on the impact of delays to Boeing aircraft deliveries on its growth plans.

Southwest Airlines' flight attendants on Wednesday voted in favor of a new contract with an immediate 22% pay raise, the union representing the employees and the carrier said on Wednesday.

Beyond analysts' top -and-bottom-line estimates for Southwest (LUV), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended March 2024.

Southwest Airlines (LUV) first-quarter 2024 revenues are expected to have benefited from growth in air-travel demand. Rising expenses are likely to have weighed on the bottom line.