Southwest Airlines said on Tuesday it would start charging some customers for checked bags, ending a unique free policy, as the company's lackluster earnings have fueled pressure to revamp its ...

Southwest Airlines, known for free bags and open seating, is overhauling policies, leaving loyalists questioning if it’s still the airline they loved.

Checking a bag is an exercise in trust. The hope? That you will be reunited painlessly with your possessions after many labor-intensive steps involving heavy machinery and numerous workers, often ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) -Southwest Airlines said on Tuesday it would start charging some customers for checked bags, ending a unique free policy, as the company's lackluster earnings have fueled ...

Delta Air Lines ( DAL) shares dropped when the airline slashed its forecast because of declining travel demand. However, rival Southwest Airlines ( LUV) saw its shares take off after the carrier ...

The airline estimated in September that charging bag fees would bring in about $1.5 billion a year but cost the airline $1.8 ...

The airline said it would continue to offer two free checked bags to “A-List Preferred” and business-class passengers. “A-List” passengers will get one free checked bag, and Southwest rewards ...

Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the budget carrier from ...