Southwest Airlines is ending its open-seating policy and replacing it with a new rule for passengers. The airline will soon require assigned seating for customers when they purchase a ticket.

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Southwest Airlines passengers made their final boarding-time scrambles for seats on Monday as the carrier prepared to end the open-seating system that distinguished it from other airlines for more ...

Southwest Airlines is officially ending two signature policies that have long set the carrier apart from its competitors. Starting Tuesday, the controversial policies announced last year will raise ...

Southwest Airlines' new seating policy has officially taken flight. On Tuesday, Southwest passengers took their assigned seats for the first time in more than 53 years aboard the low-cost carrier's ...

Open seating, Southwest Airlines' long-standing policy that allowed passengers to choose their own seats on a first-come, first-served basis based on their boarding position, died at age 54 on Monday, ...

Southwest Airlines is ending its open-seating policy today and replacing it with a new rule for passengers: they must choose seats when purchasing a ticket. Southwest Airlines executive Tony Roach ...