Southwest Airlines is transitioning to standard seat assignments in 2025 due to customer preference for assigned seats.

Southwest flies several versions of the Boeing 737, including the 737-700 ... Some seats are color-coded to indicate their quality. Green seats are "good" seats and typically have the best ...

It had a larger 737-700 fleet of 500 aircraft fitted in a 143-seat layout, compared to a little over 200 of the 175-seat 737-800s. Back then, the -700 accounted for more than three-quarters of ...

Yet the best decision might be to avoid the ... A220-300 is a more compelling direct replacement for the 737-700. It would likely have about 145 seats in Southwest's configuration, compared ...

A 175-seat Boeing 737-800 has 28 percent more seats than the 137-seat Boeing 737-700. But it takes the same number of pilots to fly, two. Or to turn the figures around, Southwest can offer the ...