Southwest Airlines is closing flight attendant bases in Austin and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this summer as the Dallas carrier continues to pinch costs. "We are consolidating our Flight Attendant satellite bases into our primary 12 base cities as we work to further maximize our operational efficiency and reliability,

Southwest Airlines will close flight attendant bases in Austin, Texas, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the latest in a series of cost-cutting movies by the Dallas-based carrier. Southwest will close the “domiciles” on July,

The airline will close two flight attendant bases in Austin, Texas, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The bases will shutter this summer affecting about 280 flight attendants, who will be relocated to other crew bases. These bases are smaller ‘satellites’ which don’t include any pilots.