Since 1967, Southwest Airlines has been linked with peanuts. Watch a catering truck

arrive to a Southwest jet and wait.Someone says “there’s the peanut truck”.

SWA peanuts, like Toys-R-Us and plastic straws, are leaving this year.

On Tuesday, Fox News and others reported that Southwest will end peanut service in August. 

Aviation peanut allergy concerns are developing, the airline said.

Peanut allergies have plagued Dallas-based airline in recent years. In an interview

the airline for their 9-year-old son's life-threatening allergic reaction.

CNN reported that the Department of Transportation failed to pass a nationwide

peanut ban in 2011 due to a lack of clinical data on peanut allergy health impacts.