Southwest Airlines has begun assigned seating for passengers, replacing its long-standing open-seating policy and introducing ...

No longer! On Tuesday, Southwest Airlines officially inaugurated its new assigned seating policy, the last in a suite of ...

Starting today, customers on Southwest flights will have assigned seats and the option of paying more to get their preferred ...

The carrier has claimed that its customers prefer the new policy, despite some pushback.

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Here, Boeing shows how its superhigh-density configuration could fit nine, ten or even twelve passengers into each row of a ...

Southwest has officially switched to assigned seating, ending open seating as the airline continues to remake its ...

While assigned seating grabbed headlines, Southwest Airlines also tightened its plus-size policy. Refunds are now restricted and airport accommodations less certain.

The airline's open seating policy has been a pillar of the brand since 1971. Assigned seats take effect Jan. 27 ...

The phased approach follows nearly two years of disruption caused by engine reliability issues, which forced the airline to ground a significant portion of its Airbus A320neo-family fleet and ...

Southwest Airlines passengers made their final boarding-time scrambles for seats on Monday as the carrier prepared to end the ...

The final flight to use Southwest’s famous ‘open seating’ policy lifts off on Monday night. The airline has special plans to ...