{"id":394261,"date":"2026-03-27T00:46:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/southwest-airlines-new-crew-base-austin\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T00:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:46:39","slug":"southwest-airlines-transforms-austin-bergstrom-airport-unleashing-a-new-era-for-travelers-and-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=394261","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Airlines Transforms Austin-Bergstrom Airport, Unleashing A New Era For Travelers And Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"

Southwest Airlines has made history in the federal state of Texas by opening a brand-new crew base at Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). While the blue-liveried budget carrier has served this facility for many years, its closure of the old crew base in 2025<\/a> meant that pilots and cabin crew living in the city had to fly to another base airport to start their duties. Now, this will no longer be required, making work life a whole lot easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The carrier has scheduled almost 3,500 departures from the Texan facility this month alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,685,645,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-austin-bergstrom-international-airport","category-southwest-airlines","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t