The executive director for the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance previously called the move 'devastating' ...

Southwest Airlines ends its famous open-seating policy and implements new rules requiring plus-size passengers to purchase ...

For decades, flying Southwest meant embracing a little chaos. You boarded when your group was called, scanned the cabin like ...

Starting Tuesday, Southwest Airlines is enacting its controversial new policy that will raise ticket prices for plus-size ...

Southwest Airlines will soon require travelers who don’t fit within a single seat’s armrests to pay for an extra seat in advance, part of a series of recent changes by the carrier. The rule goes into ...

Southwest’s new plus-size seating policy went into effect Jan. 27, requiring some passengers to buy an extra seat in advance.

WASHINGTON — Southwest Airlines is changing its policy for plus-size passengers who need an extra seat on flights. The Texas-based airline had a longstanding policy of encouraging "customers of size" ...

A change in Southwest Airlines' seating policy has many advocates for the plus-size community saying the shift will create financial burdens and other barriers for this segment of the traveling public ...

Southwest will soon require plus-size passengers to buy an extra seat that may not be reimbursed and Boston.com readers overwhelmingly agree with the new rule, according to an informal Boston.com poll ...

Southwest Airlines recently announced a major change to a policy regarding its plus-size passengers. Starting January 27, 2026, passengers who cannot fit within the armrests of their seats will be ...

A plus-sized activist, who has been “fighting for fat liberation,” clapped back at critics for comparing her body to luggage and demanding she pay extra to fly. Jaelynn Chaney, 28, said it was ...