{"id":121618,"date":"2022-02-05T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=121618"},"modified":"2022-02-05T21:34:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T21:34:36","slug":"southwest-will-resume-selling-alcohol-on-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/02\/southwest-will-resume-selling-alcohol-on-flights.html","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Airlines will resume selling alcohol on flights after almost two years."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Southwest Airlines<\/strong> will resume selling alcohol on its flights Feb. 16 after nearly two years, the carrier said Thursday, a pause it extended last year due to an increase in passenger disruptions on flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The beverages would include wine, vodka, tequila, rum, on most of its flights of 176 miles (283.24 km) or more. The airline also said it will add a new line-up of non-alcoholic beverages like tonic water, apple juice, Coke Zero, Dr. Pepper, hot tea, and hot cocoa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/02\/delta-among-worlds-most-admired-companies.html\">Delta Air Lines among world\u2019s most admired companies.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Customers have expressed a desire for more beverage options,&#8221; Tony Roach, vice president customer experience and customer relations, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The union, which represents Southwest Airlines&#8217; flight attendants, said the move is &#8220;both unsafe and irresponsible.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;TWU Local 556 is outraged at Southwest Airlines&#8217; resumption of alcohol sales,&#8221; Lyn Montgomery, president of TWU Local 556 said in a statement when contacted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/southwest-airlines-bring-alcohol-back-planes-after-nearly-two-years-2022-02-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Southwest&#8217;s decision to extend the pause on alcohol services last year came following an incident where a passenger assaulted a flight attendant verbally and physically, during a flight from Sacramento to San Diego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-edd9f85f     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"204\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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