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 is closing a flight attendant base at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport as it continues a cost-cutting push that’s already led to the first layoffs in the Texas-based airline’s history.

Southwest Airlines is closing two more crew basis amid its cost-cutting push that has also led to its first mass layoffs in its more than 50 years of flying. The airline is closing crew bases at Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and at Texas' Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, according to a flight attendant union memo.