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Southwest’s assigned seating crackdown sparking passenger backlash on half-empty flights

Southwest’s assigned seating crackdown sparking passenger backlash on half-empty flights

Southwest’s shift from open seating to assigned seats is building a powder keg as passengers are being told to stay put, even when dozens of seats and whole rows are empty, reports View from the Wing. The change comes as Southwest pivots from its open-seating policy. In recent accounts
Jason Lee Bakke Feb 12, 2026
Activist investor secures five Southwest board seats to give up proxy fight

Activist investor secures five Southwest board seats to give up proxy fight

As covered in the Journal and everywhere travel related, Southwest Airlines negotiated a settlement with Elliott Investment Management, ending a four-month standoff headed to a proxy fight. Elliott secured five board seats: * Pierre Breber, former CFO of Chevron (Delta bought a refinery, which hedges fuel prices 40 to 50 percent
Jason Lee Bakke Nov 1, 2024

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