(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A Southwest Airlines jet arrives at Sky Harbor International Airport, Dec. 28, 2022, in Phoenix. With its flights now running on a roughly normal schedule, Southwest Airlines is turning its attention to luring back customers and repairing damage to a reputation for service after canceling 15,000 flights around Christmas. The disruptions started with a winter storm and snowballed when Southwest’s ancient crew-scheduling technology failed. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Dallas, TX) According to an announcement from Southwest Airlines on Monday, Southwest Airlines will begin flights with assigned seats on January 27th, 2026. Starting on July 29th, 2025, customers can start to book 2026 Southwest Airlines flights with assigned seats, with some to offer increased legroom to customers. Southwest Airlines also announced on Monday that their boarding process is being overhauled. There will be group numbers instead of the current number and group letter, with seat location determining where people will be grouped. Loyalty program members and those with more legroom will have the top groups for boarding on those Southwest Airlines flights next year.