Systemwide, the carrier employs more than 5,250 flight attendants. In addition to the new flight attendant crew base at Baltimore/Washington, Southwest maintains flight attendant crew bases in Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Chicago, and Oakland. The airline also has direct or connecting service to 28 additional cities from BWI. On August 5, Southwest will add daily nonstop service to Las Vegas from Baltimore/Washington. Southwest will add service to Raleigh-Durham on June 6 with four daily nonstop flights. Lauderdale, Houston Hobby, Long Island, Jackson, Kansas City, Jacksonville, Orlando, Chicago Midway, Manchester, New Orleans, Phoenix, Providence, San Antonio, Louisville, St. Southwest currently operates 82 daily nonstop departures from Baltimore/Washington to Birmingham, Nashville, Cleveland, Ft. "We welcome this positive development that further enhances our successful job growth efforts and strengthens the partnership between Maryland and Southwest." "By choosing BWI, Southwest once again demonstrates the business and flight operation advantages of Maryland's major airport," said Maryland Governor Parris N. Southwest now has more than 27,000 Employees systemwide. With the addition of the flight attendant crew base, the number of Southwest Airlines Employees located in Baltimore/Washington will grow to more than 1,500 by the end of the year. Southwest anticipates naming a manager for the crew base in May. The new flight attendant base will be located on the upper level of the terminal between Pier D and the International Pier. "Southwest Airlines continues to grow on the East Coast, so it makes perfect sense for us to open a flight attendant crew base at Baltimore/Washington," said Donna Conover, Southwest's vice president of inflight and provisioning. The airline expects to add 500 more flight attendants to the base by the end of the year. Southwest Airlines announced today it will locate 300 of its flight attendants at a new crew base in early July 1999, at Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI).
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