{"id":120858,"date":"2025-03-08T22:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T22:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/southwest-to-close-two-crew-bases-amid-cost-reduction-plan\/"},"modified":"2025-03-08T22:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T22:01:41","slug":"southwest-to-close-two-crew-bases-amid-cost-reduction-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=120858","title":{"rendered":"Southwest to close two crew bases amid cost reduction plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Southwest Airlines has announced that it plans to close two of its flight attendant bases amid cost-cutting and workforce reduction efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The airline declared that it intends to close its flight attendant bases at Florida\u2019s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and at Texas\u2019 Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). The two locations are smaller satellite bases and house only flight attendants, not pilots.<\/p>\n<p>The two bases will close in July 2025, and the carrier will relocate the 280 impacted flight attendants to nearby crew hubs.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"article-leaderboard bn-1\"\/>\n<p>\u201cWe are consolidating our flight attendant satellite bases into our primary 12 base cities as we work to further maximize our operational efficiency and reliability,\u201d Southwest Airlines spokesman Chris Perry told The Dallas Morning News.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2025, Southwest President and CEO Bob Jordan told airline employees that part of the company\u2019s three-year \u201ctransformational plan\u201d is to maximize efficiencies and minimize costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have made the very tough decision to move forward with a reduction in our workforce, focused almost entirely on Corporate and Leadership positions,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"article-leaderboard bn-2\"\/>\n<p>According to Jordan, this decision affects approximately 1,750 Employee roles, or 15% of corporate positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision is unprecedented in our 53-year history, and change requires that we make difficult decisions. We are at a pivotal moment as we transform Southwest Airlines into a leaner, faster, and more agile organization,\u201d Jordan added.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest said that it estimates partial-year 2025 savings to be approximately $210 million and full-year 2026 savings to be approximately $300 million as a result of the cost-cutting and workforce reduction efforts.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"article-leaderboard bn-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"cnvs-block-posts cnvs-block-posts-1741348414794 cnvs-block-posts-layout-horizontal-type-2-read-more\" data-layout=\"horizontal-type-2-read-more\" data-min-height=\"\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-posts-area\" data-posts-area=\"\">\n<div class=\"cs-posts-area__outer\">\n<div class=\"cs-posts-area__main cs-block-posts-layout-horizontal-type-2-read-more cs-display-column\">\n<article class=\"post-117334 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-aviation-career tag-boeing trending_today-trending_today cs-entry cs-video-wrap\">\n<div class=\"cs-entry__outer\" style=\"border-top: 1px solid;border-bottom: 1px solid;padding: 5px 0;\">\n<div class=\"cs-entry__inner cs-entry__thumbnail cs-entry__overlay cs-overlay-ratio cs-ratio-square\">\n<div class=\"cs-overlay-background cs-overlay-transparent\">\n<p>\t\t                        <a class=\"cs-overlay-link\" style=\"position: relative\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/articles\/ortberg-urges-boeing-to-improve-internal-communications\" title=\"Boeing CEO pushes for more open culture, better communication across divisions\"><br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/images\/boeing_sign_at_the_renton_factory-80x80.jpg\" class=\"attachment-csco-smaller size-csco-smaller wp-post-image\" alt=\"boeing_sign_at_the_renton_factory.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/images\/boeing_sign_at_the_renton_factory-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/images\/boeing_sign_at_the_renton_factory-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/images\/boeing_sign_at_the_renton_factory-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/images\/boeing_sign_at_the_renton_factory-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/images\/boeing_sign_at_the_renton_factory-220x220.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/images\/boeing_sign_at_the_renton_factory-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" title=\"boeing sign at the renton factoryjpg\"\/>                    <\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<\/aside>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and at Texas\u2019 Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). The two locations are smaller satellite bases and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12024],"tags":[53330,4065,11488,533,10933,36225,13048],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-120858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerospace","tag-bases","tag-close","tag-cost","tag-crew","tag-plan","tag-reduction","tag-southwest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Southwest to close two crew bases amid cost reduction plan - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=120858\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Southwest to close two crew bases amid cost reduction plan - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Southwest Airlines has announced that it plans to close two of its flight attendant bases amid cost-cutting and workforce reduction efforts. 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