Southwest Airlines closing flight attendant base at Austin airport
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Southwest to close two crew bases amid cost reduction plan
Southwest Airlines has announced that it plans to close two of its flight attendant bases amid cost-cutting and workforce reduction efforts. The airline declared that it intends to close its flight attendant bases at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and at Texas’ Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). The two locations are smaller satellite bases and house only flight attendants, not pilots. The two bases wi…
Southwest Airlines closing two satellite FA bases
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) will close two satellite cabin crew bases at Austin-Bergstrom International and Fort Lauderdale International on July 1, 2025, as part of the company’s ongoing business consolidation. These bases, which were opened in a test phase in 2018, are much smaller than Southwest’s 12 primary bases, and no pilots are based in either of the two cities. About 280 flight attendants are based in Austin and Fort Laud…
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