Southwest Airlines has struggled since the pandemic and they're making some big changes to get back on track.
Seat Assignments
According to the survey data Southwest released, 80% of their customers want seats to be assigned. You can expect to see Southwest launch assigned seating in 2025.
Premium Seating
Until now, alls seats on Southwest had the same amount of legroom. Going forward, they plan to add extra legroom to about one-third of seats across the fleet.
Unless Southwest decides to remove some seats on each aircraft, that will mean less legroom for two-thirds of seats once this change is implemented.
Redeye Flights
Southwest will launch redeye flights starting in February 2025. These flights are already bookable online. The first redeye routes include:
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