Southwest Airlines is transitioning to standard seat assignments in 2025 due to customer preference for assigned seats.

For more than 50 years, open seating has been almost ... pitch will still be among the best in economy in the U.S. airline industry. On Southwest's Boeing 737-700 jets, the extra-legroom pitch ...

The airline won't begin reconfiguring aircraft with extra-legroom seats until the middle of 2025. It had planned to start ...