Southwest Airlines suffered a major internet outage on 31 July 2025, grounding roughly 40% of its national departures and triggering a board chair transition amid ongoing operational upheaval.

The carrier has started assigned seating and bag fees, leading to mixed results and a projected revenue increase from fees, ...

Southwest put its first-ever assigned seats on sale this week, ending more than half a century of open seating.

Southwest Airlines has been undergoing a pretty drastic transformation in recent months, changing several longstanding policies highlighted by its new bag fees and charges for seat selection. Now, the ...

Southwest Airlines has officially provided an end date for its well-known open seating policy: Starting July 29, 2025, ...

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The airline’s coming switch to assigned seating comes with those annoying seat fees.

Over the past few months, Southwest Airlines has announced several controversial changes, such as adding bag fees and ...

Chase and Southwest Airlines have refreshed personal and business Rapid Rewards cards, raising annual fees while adding bag, ...

In this week’s air travel news, three U.S. senators are demanding that Delta Air Lines answer some pointed questions about ...

In our latest roundup of travel news: a new unwelcome American visa fee, how airlines fight the “scourge” of excess baggage, ...

Southwest Sees Bag Fees Beat Expectations, Trims Full-Year Guidance is published in Aviation Daily, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN ...