

Southwest suspends snack and beverage service under new measures
Forget the pretzels. And put away your credit card. Southwest Airlines is introducing what it calls “stringent” new measures in response to the COVID-19 crisis, including suspending the distribution of snacks and beverages in-flight. “We are not serving snacks or beverages in-flight to limit personal contact,” says the low-cost carrier, whose cabin crew members usually serve up pretzels on shorter flights; and pretzels, cookies, crackers and Fritos on longer haul flights, plu