There is to be a significant change to a popular policy that allowed larger travelers to book two seats for the price of one.

Plus-size travelers say Southwest was thought of as the airline where they were welcome. Now the carrier is changing its ...

Southwest Airlines says plus-size passengers who may have difficulty sitting comfortably in their seats can get an extra one for free. The airline says if an adjacent seat is available, it will ...

“Hi, I’m hoping to use your customer-of-size policy today,” a woman says to a Southwest Airlines gate agent before being handed a complimentary second ticket for the adjacent seat on the flight she ...

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" ...

While the average width of an airplane seat has been shrinking for decades, bodies are getting larger around the world, with experts predicting that over half of the global population will be ...