The offers will be extended to customer service, ramp and operations agents, as well as cargo employees and supervisors.

Southwest Airlines on Monday announced buyouts to reduce staffing at some locations, but the buyouts aren't offered in Houston.

Southwest Airlines will offer options for “voluntary separation” and extended leaves of absence to airport staff in 18 cities across the US.

DALLAS — Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is offering buyouts at 18 airports across the country, reports say, amid “aircraft delivery delays" from Boeing. Employees impacted include airport ground workers, customer service agents, ramp and operations agents, cargo employees and more. The carrier’s Dallas headquarters is among the airports affected.

SAN ANTONIO - Southwest airlines is offering some of its workers buy-outs due to "over-staffing."The offer of "voluntary separation" applies to 18 airports.RELA

Southwest Airlines is offering buyouts and extended leaves of absence to airport workers to avoid what it calls “overstaffing in certain locations," which it blames on a shortage of new planes from Boeing.

Southwest officials have said that the Dallas-based airline plans to end this year with 2,000 fewer workers than it started. That is after Southwest grew from 66,600 to nearly 75,000 employees last year.