The executive director for the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance previously called the move 'devastating' ...

While assigned seating grabbed headlines, Southwest Airlines also tightened its plus-size policy. Refunds are now restricted ...

The airline ends its decades-long open seating model and updates its extra seat refund policy amid broader shifts.

The changes are among several Southwest has made over the last year or so to look more like all the other airlines in the ...

Southwest Airlines ends its famous open-seating policy and implements new rules requiring plus-size passengers to purchase ...

Southwest has officially switched to assigned seating, ending open seating as the airline continues to remake its once-distinctive business model.

According to the company’s website, plus-size passengers who cannot fit within the armrests of a single seat need to purchase ...