Southwest Airlines Debuts Major Change to Improve Comfort

Southwest Airlines has announced a big change to improve passenger comfort.

 "To prepare for assigned and premium seating, Southwest Employees will retrofit aircraft to accommodate new, Extra Legroom seats," an April 16 news release from Southwest says. "This large-scale effort will touch every single plane in the Southwest fleet between April 30 and the end of the year and tangibly paves the way for selling assigned seating in third quarter 2025 and operating in first quarter 2026."

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