Say goodbye to setting an alarm to get your best possible spot in a Southwest Airlines boarding line. Southwest's open seating will officially end on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, the Dallas-based airline ...

Southwest Airlines has announced a series of significant initiatives aimed at enhancing the customer experience and boos. Work Hard Travel Well. Southwest Airlines Announces Major Enhancements.

A government report out late Tuesday blasts the Federal Aviation Administration's lax oversight of Southwest Airlines, but reserves some of the harshest criticism for the airline. The 31-page ...

Starting May 28, Southwest Airlines mandates visible portable chargers during flights to enhance safety, addressing risks of thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries.

News of the audit comes just a few days after the FAA said it is investigating a flight earlier this month that ran into a safety mishap. On July 14, Southwest Airlines Flight 425 was less than ...

Southwest Airlines adds advanced cockpit alert system to its Boeing 737 fleet, enhancing safety amid recent near-miss incidents at U.S. airports.

Southwest started launching the safety tech in its planes at the beginning of 2024, ... Southwest Airlines makes major change to aircraft safety tech just as another plane crashes.

Southwest Airlines on Monday said it has added cockpit safety alerts to nearly its entire fleet of 800 aircraft. The safety alert system, designed by Honeywell, sets off verbal and text warnings ...

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 is pushed back from a gate at San Diego International Airport on August 24, 2024 in San Diego, California.. Photo: Getty Images Listen to this Article More info ...

Southwest Airlines will soon have its entire Boeing 737 aircraft fleet equipped with new tech designed to increase runway safety. Honeywell is working on activating Southwest's fleet with so ...

Southwest Airlines has added a new cockpit safety tool to most of its fleet that could prevent the types of close runway calls that have raised concerns in recent years. The Honeywell-built ...

Runway safety software deployed on Southwest Airlines' Boeing 737 fleet provides pilots with alerts during taxi, take-off and landing to prevent accidents.