Southwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom in biggest shift in its history
- Southwest plans to offer pricier seats with extra legroom and end open seating on its planes.
- The shifts are the most major in the airline’s more than five decades of flying.
- Southwest expects to start selling seats with the new cabin option next year.
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