Passengers flying on Southwest Airlines will soon have to take their portable chargers out of their bags if they want to use them in the air. Southwest will begin a new policy requiring portable charging devices to be kept in plain sight on Wednesday,

A lawsuit filed against Southwest Airlines by the Department of Transportation in January was dropped months later by the Trump administration.

Southwest Airlines is implementing a surprising new restriction on portable chargers to keep these notoriously incendiary devices from bursting into flame mid-flight. Starting on May 28, passengers will be required to keep their power banks in plain sight, making the budget carrier the first to roll out a policy of this kind.

Southwest Airlines announced earlier this year that it will no longer offer two free checked bags. Here's the last day to book tickets with that perk.

Southwest Airlines ( LUV -1.04%) has not yet seen a rebound in demand for travel, disappointing investors who had been hoping for a quick turnaround. Southwest shares fell as much as 4.5% when comments were made by the company's CFO before rebounding somewhat and trading down 1% as of 2:30 p.m. ET.

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Southwest Airlines Co. continues to see softness in air travel demand that emerged earlier this year and pushed many carriers to pull back their profit forecasts.