PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) – Southwest Airlines has announced that it will be dropping service to two major airports in the U.S. later this year.
Officials said the airline company will not serve Washington Dulles International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport starting June 4.
All Southwest flights booked after June 4 to and from those airports will be canceled. Customers can get a refund through the company’s website or the Southwest app.
Employees at those airports will also have an opportunity to bid for open positions in the company, officials said.
The airliner said it will still have flights to Chicago and the D.C. area, serving Chicago Midway International Airport, Baltimore-Washington International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Southwest has had flights at Midway for more than 40 years. But the company said operating at O’Hare has been “challenging.”
The announcement comes about a week after the Federal Aviation Administration met with two other airline carriers to discuss reducing flights at O’Hare.
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