The Texas-based carrier is adding baggage fees and attempting a turnaround just as the industry appears headed for a slump.

Southwest Airlines is ending its long-standing free checked bag policy for most passengers, starting May 28, 2025.

The carrier has not yet revealed what the cost will be of checking a bag. Southwest competitors Delta, United and American ...

While each change can, in a vacuum, improve financials, and Southwest can do its best to keep that quirky culture, airlines are a complicated web of real people and logistics. Brown pointed out that ...

Fitch Ratings lowered its outlook on Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) to Negative from Stable. The rating agency said the cut ...

Southwest Airlines said on Tuesday it would start charging some customers for checked bags, ending a unique free policy, as ...

Southwest Airlines is known for a nearly 54-year tradition of letting economy passengers check two bags without charge. But ...

Southwest Airlines has been the subject of many negative headlines over the past few weeks after ending its longstanding ...

Southwest Airlines announced its decades-old "two bags fly free" policy for checked luggage is coming to an end on May 28.

Southwest Airlines, once beloved for its free bag check policy, nixed its no-charge perk in March. Customers, except for ...

It is rare for a company to alienate an entire customer base, but Southwest Airlines managed to do it in one foul swoop.” ...

Many Southwest Airlines customers are understandably upset about the company’s plan to ditch its Bags Fly Free policy and instead charge most customers a fee to check a bag. Delta Air Lines is ...