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Southwest Airways’ assigned seating is nearer to changing into actuality.
The airline, recognized for its open seating coverage, has launched extra details about when passengers can anticipate the change.
“We are planning to begin offering booking for assigned and premium seating in the second half of 2025, and we are expected to begin operating with assigned and premium seating in 2026,” Southwest Airways says on its web site.
The corporate launched a brand new advert marketing campaign showcasing assigned seating this week, a spokesman instructed FOX Enterprise, including that Southwest Airways “wanted to bring new people to the fold while also reminding current Customers why they chose Southwest in the first place.”
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Southwest Airways Boeing 737 airplanes are lined up on the gates at Austin-Bergstrom Worldwide Airport on Could 16, 2025. (Kevin Carter / Getty Photographs)
“It was important to us to show them we ‘get it,’” he stated.
The airline has not but shared actual dates for assigned seating however stated to “stay tuned as we approach the third quarter.”
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Southwest Airways has been making a slew of modifications recently.
Probably probably the most substantial change is the airline’s new bag coverage, which began solely providing free checked baggage to sure loyal and business-class clients on Could 28.
A Southwest Airways Boeing 737 airplane approaches San Diego Worldwide Airport for a touchdown on Could 10, 2025 in San Diego. (Kevin Carter / Getty Photographs)
Earlier this week, Honeywell Aerospace Applied sciences introduced Southwest Airways is within the means of outfitting all of its Boeing 737 planes with new know-how geared toward enhancing security on runways.
Final month, the Texas-based airline introduced a brand new rule “requiring customers to keep portable charging devices visible while in use during flight,” a Southwest spokesperson stated in an announcement.
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Again in December, the airline made a coverage change “to reduce the risk of in-flight turbulence injuries.” Slightly than getting ready the cabin for touchdown at 10,000 toes, flight attendants began doing so at an altitude of 18,000 toes.
