Southwest is getting plenty of feedback on its decision to abandon its longstanding "bags fly free" policy — and it's not ...

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines announced it would do away with its “bags fly free” policy. With many of its ...

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

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

"We as a group can never go back to just getting on a plane and trusting that everything will be OK," one relative told Newsweek.

Dallas-based Southwest announced plans to abandon its free checked bag policy Tuesday. After axing open seating and other ...

The percentage of domestic flights canceled by U.S. carriers in December 2024 and for the full year ticked up from their prior-year comparisons, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

While Congress pushed ahead last year with adding 10 new daily flights to Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport, many ...

Southwest Airlines took to social media with its own joke after changing the beloved free two-bag policy for certain travelers.

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Discover why Frontier and Spirit sued the US Department of Transport. Find out more about the DOT's defence and Alaska Airlines' involvement.

It's the end of a (free) era: Southwest Airlines will begin charging for checked bags at the end of May.