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A year of Southwest turbulence: Financial woes, an activist investor and sweeping changes
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines announced plans to abandon its free checked bag policy Tuesday. After axing open seating and other perks in 2024, Southwest looks quite different from how it did a year ago. Many have taken to social media and elsewhere to ask why this is happening, and looking back at a turbulent year of Southwest news can help answer that. Below is a timeline of The Dallas Morning News' coverage of the airline from early 2024 until now, as Southwest faced financial troubles, fought off an activist investor and...