Southwest Airlines executives on Thursday unveiled their vision for Southwest 2.0, an airline that for the first time will give passengers assigned seats, charge them extra for more legroom and offer red-eye flights. And bags still will fly free. The airline will also repackage its sale of vac...
Southwest Airlines plans to drop the open-boarding system it has used for more than 50 years and will start assigning passengers to seats, just like all the other big airlines.
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines executives on Thursday unveiled their vision for Southwest 2.0, an airline that for the first time will give passengers assigned seats, charge them extra for more legroom and offer red-eye flights. And bags still will fly free. The air...
Southwest Airlines executives have unveiled their vision for turning the carrier into an airline that gives passengers assigned seats, charges them extra for more legroom and offers red-eye flights but bags still fly free. (AP Video: Kendria LaFleur) ...
Southwest Airlines is undertaking a strategic transformation to improve customer experience, boost performance, and drive shareholder value.
Big changes at Southwest Airlines include assigned seats, premium legroom, and red-eye flights The airline said in a major announcement Thursday that it’s moving away from its signature open-seating model after extensive consumer research.
In today’s call with investors, Southwest’s executive vice president Ryan Green shared that, the new assigned-seats model will begin in practice in the first half of 2026 and that booking those flights will start in the second half of 2025. Here’s everything else we know about the...
“I used to fly United a lot and I liked the assigned seats, especially with kids, kind of expecting and knowing where we were going to be,” King said. “The only reason really why I continue to fly Southwest is for the free bags.” ...
“I used to fly United a lot and I liked the assigned seats, especially with kids, kind of expecting and knowing where we were going to be,” King said. “The only reason really why I continue to fly Southwest is for the free bags.” ...
Southwest To Introduce Assigned Seating; Overnight Flights Coming in 2025 "Although our unique open seating model has been a part of Southwest Airlines since our inception, our thoughtful and extensive research makes it clear this is the right choice—at the right time—for our Customers, our Pe...