Southwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom in biggest shift in its history

Southwest Airlines is ending open seating and will offer extra legroom seats on its airplanes as mounting pressure on the carrier to increase revenue prompts the biggest changes to its business model in its 53 years of flying.Southwest plans to start selling the first flights that will offer extra legroom in 2025. The airline also plans to start overnight flights.Southwest executives have said for years that they were studying such changes and hinted in April that it was seriously considering assigning seat ...