Southwest Airlines Is Ditching Open Seating on Flights The Wall Street JournalSouthwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom in biggest shift in its history CNBCSouthwest Airlines Is Ending Open Seating Policy and Will Assign Seats Starting in 2025 PEOPLESouthwest Airlines says ‘assigned and premium seating’ will replace open seating plan NPRPittsburgh travelers react to Southwest Airlines ending open seating for the first time in its history CBS Pittsburgh