Going to nine boarding groups. For as long as most Southwest passengers can remember, Southwest has had three main boarding groups — A, B, and C. But now that the airline is going to a more ...

Southwest Airlines Co.’s stock fell 1% Tuesday after the carrier said it is cutting 1,750 corporate positions, equal to 15% of that group, as it moves to cut costs and create a leaner organization.

Southwest Airlines has caused a social media storm, thanks to a new policy that requires passengers to pay for check-in baggage. Starting on May 28, the airline will no longer offer free check-in for ...

Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all ...

Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the budget carrier from ...