Baltimore Checkbook: Southwest communications chief on hurricane response: 'We all work together to make sure people have somewhere to go'

Friday, September 14, 2018

Southwest communications chief on hurricane response: 'We all work together to make sure people have somewhere to go'

As Hurricane Florence begins its descent on the southeastern U.S., one of the most important things airlines can do to help is “listening and understanding what the needs are,” a top spokeswoman for Southwest Airlines said Friday. Laurie Barnett, Southwest’s managing director of communications and outreach, touched on hurricane relief in her remarks to business leaders at the BWI Airport Marriott, the latest installment in the BWI Business Partnership’s monthly Signature Breakfast series. Florence…