A bird zips in the foreground as a Southwest Airlines jet comes in for a landing at McCarran International Airport on May 25, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Southwest Airlines stated it is postponing strategies to resume serving liquors, after among its flight attendants was attacked and the market comes to grips with a rise of other traveler events on board.
A Southwest flight attendant suffered injuries to her face and lost 2 teeth after she was attacked by a guest, according to a May 24 letter from Southwest flight attendants’ union president Lyn Montgomery to CEO Gary Kelly. Between April 8 to May 15, there were 477 traveler misbehavior events on Southwest flights, Montgomery composed.
Airlines have actually been gradually restoring some meal treat and drink service that they had actually stopped briefly early in the pandemic.
Dallas-based Southwest had actually prepared to resume alcohol sales in June for Hawaii flights, and in July for longer domestic flights in the continental United States. A Southwest spokesperson stated there is presently “no timetable” for the alcohol sales to resume.
“As alcohol sales are added back into this already volatile environment, you can surely understand our concern,” Montgomery composed in the letter.
On Monday, a day after the occurrence on board the Sacramento to San Diego flight, the Federal Aviation Administration stated it has actually gotten roughly 2,500 reports of rowdy traveler habits this year, roughly 1,900 of those cases including tourists who declined to follow the federal mask required throughout flight.
The Biden administration still needs that individuals use face masks on aircrafts, at the airport, and on buses and trains through Sept. 13, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has actually loosened up standards for immunized people in other settings.
