But why did this phenomenon occur with Southwest – and only there? While other airlines have long been relying on chilled catering vehicles, Southwest Airlines has so far refrained from doing so. The reason: the low -cost airline does not offer warm meals or perishable dishes.
Cola doses became small print bombs on board Southwest
And so the beverage cans often heat up for hours in the blazing sun on the run -up of Phoenix, Las Vegas or Dallas before they were loaded unkooled on board. There they became small print bombs. Combined with cabin pressure and the effects of the height, an incorrect grip and the can exploded.
So that this does not happen again this summer, the airline is now acting, reports the Pyok portal. In the meantime, Southwest is using 60 cooled catering trucks at particularly hot locations such as Phoenix and Las Vegas. Dallas and Houston will follow soon. In addition, soil teams were equipped with infrared measuring devices to identify overheated doses before inviting. Also, the cable crews no longer have to open deformed doses.
Southwest Airlines slowly thinks about
A large part of other airlines not only cools their catering vehicles, but also stores drinks during the flight partly in special trolleys or climate lines. With Southwest, this was considered superfluous for a long time. But under the pressure of activist investors, the airline has started to say goodbye to some of its old principles.
The free choice of seats and two free pieces of luggage were abolished – these were the first measures with which Southwest changed the course. In the meantime, the low -cost airline even thinks loudly International flights to Europe and over lounges after.