Starting Wednesday, flight attendants will begin preparing cabins for landing at an altitude of 18,000 feet instead of the current 10,000 feet.

Fliers on Southwest Airlines might notice a change to the usual cabin service this week. Starting Wednesday, Southwest Airlines flight attendants will prepare the cabin for landing at an altitude of 18,

Southwest Airlines says it is ending cabin service earlier on flights, requiring passengers to do the usual pre-landing procedures such as ensuring their seatbelts are fastened and returning their seats to an upright position earlier than before.

Additional changes are coming to Southwest Airlines this week as the airline says "nothing is more important" than the safety of customers and employees.

Southwest Airlines says it is ending its cabin service earlier on its flights starting next month. Beginning on Dec. 4, a company spokesperson said, flight attendants will begin preparing the cabin for landing at an altitude of 18,

Starting 4, Southwest Airlines is making a small yet noticeable adjustment to its inflight experience. Cabin preparations for landing will start at 18,000 feet instead of the prior 10,000 feet. That’ll correlate with a 10-minute sooner request to raise tray tables,

The American low-cost airline, Southwest Airlines, announced that as of December 4 it would start preparing its cabins for landing at 10,000 feet, rather than the previous altitude of 18,000 feet. The airline said that the rule change is designed to “reduce the risk of in-flight turbulence injuries” and is “the result of the airline’s close