Southwest Airlines will introduce assigned seating and a new boarding process on January 27, 2026, replacing the current open ...

Starting Jan. 27, 2026, Southwest will no longer allow customers to choose their own seats. Instead, they will be able to ...

Southwest Airlines will end its long-standing wheelchair boarding advantage as the carrier shifts to assigned seating early ...

Southwest Airlines will debut its new assigned seating policy in January 2026, bringing an end to the airline's once signature process of open seating. The airline's new boarding procedure will go ...

Southwest Airlines is making huge changes to its business model next year, starting with a brand-new boarding process rolling out in late January. Now, we have a better idea of what that boarding ...

Around this time last year, Southwest Airlines announced that it would scrap its signature open-seating model in favor of a more traditional assigned seating system, chipping away at its identity as a ...