The low-cost airline Southwest has announced that a new crew base will be built in Nashville, USA, next year. This is planned to be larger from the start and is expected to go into operation in the second quarter of 2024.

Initially, Southwest plans to employ around 150 to 250 pilots in Nashville. At the same time, however, it was announced that growth was intended for around 500 to 600 pilots. The flight attendants will start with around 700 people and expand accordingly.

The low coster currently has eleven stations in the USA where flying personnel are stationed. Nashville will be twelfth base. This airport is already active, as it already handles 51,2 percent of all weekly departures. In figures: 910 departures to 53 destinations per week. With the crew base, the offer is to be expanded even further.