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DONALD WOOD |  TravelPulse.ComTroy Warren for CNT #TravelSouthwest Airlines announced it would restart alcohol sales on its flights this month after nearly two years.According to Reuters.com, Southwest paused alcohol services in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic and extended the decision last year due to a surge in alcohol-related flight disruptions by passengers.The carrier revealed alcohol services would resume on February 16.The airline revealed it would serve wine, vodka, tequila, rum and other cocktails on most of its flights of 176 miles or longer. In addition, officials expanded its line-up of non-alcoholic beverages to include tonic water, apple…

PATRICK CLARKE | TravelPulse.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Travel Southwest Airlines has extended its bookable flight schedule through June 4, 2022. The low-cost carrier also announced details regarding some new and returning routes. Starting April 25, 2022, Southwest will offer new nonstop flights between Austin and Tulsa, Oklahoma (one daily roundtrip); San Antonio and Oklahoma City (one roundtrip on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays) and Syracuse, New York and Tampa (one roundtrip on Saturdays). On April 25, Southwest will also resume previously offered nonstop service between San Antonio and Los Angeles (one daily roundtrip); Dallas (Love Field) and Louisville, Kentucky…

RICH THOMASELLI | TravelPulse.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Travel   Southwest Airlines is following a page from American Airlines’ playbook in the hopes of avoiding any travel disruptions during the important holiday flying season. Like American, Southwest on Saturday offered flight attendants a series of incentives to work more between Thanksgiving and New Year’s to make up for the shortfalls in staffing that have beset virtually every airline. According to an internal memo seen by CNBC, Southwest is offering flight attendants extra pay and up to 120,000 Rapid Rewards frequent flyer points that could be worth up to $1,400 in flights.…

PATRICK CLARKE | TravelPulse.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Travel   Southwest Airlines has launched a three-day sale on winter flights featuring fares from as low as $39 one-way. The discounted seats are available now through Thursday, November 11 at 11:59 p.m. CT and are valid for continental U.S., continental U.S. to/from Hawaii and interisland Hawaii travel between December 1-15, 2021, and January 5 through March 9, 2022. Meanwhile, travel to/from San Juan, Puerto Rico is valid December 1-9, 2021, and January 10 through March 9, 2022, while international travel is available December 1-15, 2021, and January 5 through March 9,…

Melissa Yeager | Laura Daniella Sepulveda | Haleigh Kochanski | Arizona Republic Troy Warren for CNT #Travel   If you're flying Southwest Airlines this weekend, make sure to check your flight before you leave for the airport. An air traffic control issue combined with weather delays on the East Coast have caused problems across the airline's network, forcing the Dallas-based carrier to delay and cancel hundreds of flights.  By Saturday afternoon, the flight-tracking website Flight Aware showed Southwest with 568 cancellations and 717 delayed flights nationwide.  "Air Traffic Control (ATC) issues and disruptive weather have resulted in a high volume of cancellations throughout the weekend as we work to recover our…