Love it or hate it, Southwest Airlines is ditching open seating for assigned seats. Here's the latest on when Southwest seat assignments will start.

Southwest Airlines has an activist firm breathing down its back to cut costs and generate ... a third of its planes will get extra-legroom seats that boast at least five inches of extra pitch.

Southwest Airlines will end open seating in early 2026. It will sell tickets for the first flights with assigned seating and premium seats in the second half of 2025. Southwest assigned seating ...