Southwest Airlines Prepares to Restart Houston Service
2 Sep 2017 20:05:17
bloomberg.com
Southwest Airlines Co. is urging crews to conserve jet fuel to contend with Gulf Coast pipelines shut down by Hurricane Harvey and mustering personnel to resume flights in flood-ravaged Houston on Saturday.
Since Aug. 24, a day before the record-breaking storm made landfall in Texas, the Dallas-based carrier has held sprawling, twice-daily emergency meetings. At the Friday morning session, which a Bloomberg reporter attended, staff discussed the status of aid for storm-affected employees, ferrying crew members to Houston from Dallas and Chicago and ensuring that enough fuel reaches airports even beyond Harvey’s path.
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