Southwest will start charging for checked bags for the first time in its 50 years of flying. Thousands of Southwest customers ...

Southwest Airlines used to be a different kind of airline: free bags, grab whichever seat you like, use a coupon for a beer and then sit back and prepare to be entertained by the flight attendants’ ...

Major air carriers on Friday challenged a U.S. appeals court ruling handed down in January that the Transportation Department ...

Now, Southwest Airlines is violating the $5 Chicken Rule. No, Southwest has never sold rotisserie chickens, but it has had quite a few identity-defining, loss-leading, customer-loving quirks through ...

Spirit Airlines chief executive Ted Christie says the company is positioned to steal share from its larger rival, Southwest ...

The rule's rationale is to establish a fairer and more competitive market by ensuring passengers have complete clarity on the ...

People got brutally honest about the Southwest decision. This person said: "It's so interesting to watch companies purposely ...

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For a number of reasons, airfare prices have gone up and amenities like luggage check-in have are no longer free. Don’t expect that to change soon because the problems facing airlines ...

Southwest nixes its fuel hedging program at the same time that it is ending its free checked bag policy and Middle East ...

Maxwell: Southwest Airlines is ending its popular bags-fly-free program. The airline is No. 1 in Orlando, carrying 1 out of ...